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How strong are your internet passwords
shootuadeal
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I saw this chart awhile back regarding the time it takes for a hacker with a "brute force" program that just trys all combinations of numbers, digits and special characters to find your password.
Most important places will lock your account with a certain number of incorrect tries but this chart is just interesting showing the relative strength of your passwords.
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I'm good. Numbers, upper and lower case letters with symbols, 12 characters long. 30 years of having to do it this way at work with a change every 90 days has instilled this habit.
All in .. good luck
That would be averages based on how long it takes the system to run all combinations. It could run the right combination first, last, or anywhere in between . . Of course the more complicated the password the odds of the right combination being tried first are very long.
I felt vulnerable. My standard password..."password"...can be brute-hacked in 5 seconds. So I changed the "p" to a "P". Now it'll take 22 min for those scumbags to get me!
I have lost or forgotten many of my passwords for quite a few sites I visit on the internet. Thankfully my system remembers passwords when I get accidently logged off . When this laptop dies, I will just start over from the beginning with a new laptop.
Correct, but I said it was to show relative strength of password.
Another trick that I started using a little while back on some places is to use a phrase like "Ready4thesnow!" or "Theskyisblue2021!". That way its easy to remember/type it out.
Using any "dictionary" words is not recommended.
I have always used a password manager to generate and then remember passwords and login names. I love RoboForm, but there are many others. I only have to remember the master password to Roboform. It uses sophisticated crypto methods to store all my stuff, syncs to my other machines, and can generate passwords of any complexity that I choose. Works with all major browsers and op systems. There's a free trial version that stores a limited number of items, and a reasonably-priced full version with annual renewals. Absolutely first-class program.
https://www.roboform.com/
The problem with changing a password is that you have to know what the old password was. I will take your advise Rocky when I soon replace this old dilapidated laptop!
Your passwords should be stored in a file somewhere. Install Roboform on the old laptop and import them. Then, when you get your new machine, you only have to sign in to your Roboform account and all your passwords will be right there. Magic.
Then use your old machine to install and try Linux Mint or Zorin! It'll work so much better you'll have a reliable spare.
Is, JoE4321 a good password??
The IT guy at work told me I had to change my password and gave me the new criteria. After much pecking at the keyboard I finally got it right.
Later on I ran into him in the break room and he asked if I figured it out with the new rules? I said "Yes my new password is CinderellaRapunzelGoofyGrumpyMickeyMinnieDaffyDaisyRoadrunnerCoyoteMatthewdillonGilliganSacramento"
He snorted his coffee and asked why in the WORLD did you make it that complex?
I replied "Well you said I needed 12 characters and a capital"
Mine is in the lower right last column, going to be along time before the hack mine.
Looks like mine vary between 400 and 34,000 years.
Either way, I won't care.
Brad Steele
It is a minute. Works for some things, not for others.
Brad Steele
I now use Letsgobrandoninpants and so far so good.
I have all my passwords on paper taped to the bottom of my keyboard.
Mine is incorrect.
When I forget it and try to log in, comes back and tells me "Your password is incorrect"
Passwords? We don't need no stinking passwords!
A password is almost useless now, the Russian hackers are using a brute force program that can run a Billion combinations of your password in 45 seconds, and they've been busy lately.