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Only time I've ever had to tell an IT guy my password because of some problem it had a swear word in it too.
I assume that this is covered by Sod's Law, either that or it is just computers being bastards.
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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or that he had prior access to the Password and knew you had used naughty words and thought "I will get him"
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Now the question is why will it take longer to crack. Well it isn't rocket science - it's because it IS longer and the time estimate is based on a brute force approach.
They have a point but a ~30 character password is not heaps of fun.
Btw If everyone was using sentences and I was a hacker I would start with "Mary had a little lamb" then "A quick brown....".
Peter Wasser
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa
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pwasser wrote: Well it isn't rocket science
So sweet, thinking it isn't rocket science. Obviously it is rocket science for the world of internet users! 
The top ten passwords (Source: Google Apps)
1) Pet’s name
2) Significant dates (like a wedding anniversary)
3) Date of birth of close relation
4) Child’s name
5) Other family member’s name
6) Place of birth
7) Favourite holiday
8) Something related to favourite football team
9) Current partner’s name
10) The word "password"
All i am saying is not long sentences but rather just not one 'thing', 'thing' being something like a name, date etc, use combinations of stuff at the very least
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Well not exactly. Unless the hacker has stolen your identity 1-9 are random sequences. 10 is plain stupid.
Now if the hacker knew that you were using a saying or aphorism cracking it would be very easy even if
it had 50 characters.
In the end nobody bothers with cracking passwords - they steal the password file.
This is the basis of espionage.
Peter Wasser
Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.
Frank Zappa
modified 17-Oct-13 9:09am.
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pwasser wrote: This is the basis of espionage.
Hussh  these are not the droids you are looking for
pwasser wrote: they steal the file.
Why steal the file if you can steal a life 
algorithm - a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer.
Why bother remembering something if only you need to remember the password of your email? The rest has forget password links where you can reset your password. So I will not steal a file, I will steal THE file, or their one secure email address details.
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I'll give you a clue, I don't use password.
Do you know the answer to the other 9 questions about me?
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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1) Pet’s name - Rocky
2) Significant dates (like a wedding anniversary) - 1996-06-06
3) Date of birth of close relation - Leicestershire
4) Child’s name - Chris
5) Other family member’s name - Edward
6) Place of birth - South West England
7) Favourite holiday - Disney Land
8) Something related to favourite football team - N/A
9) Current partner’s name - Stacy
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All wrong, although I think the answer to all of them have been either disclosed or hinted at by me on here over the years.
Which is why I don't use any of them in any passwords. 
“I believe that there is an equality to all humanity. We all suck.” Bill Hicks
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They are all 100% correct ![Sheep | [baah]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/sheep.gif)
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ChrisElston wrote: all of them have been either disclosed or hinted at by me on here over the years.
And that why it is so easy to do magic or some sort of telepathetic communication, all one has to do is look and listen, but really listen, any person in some way or another discloses his/her deepest secrets etc if you just use your 5 senses
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you didn't find my passwords!
Despite me having sentence passwords!!!
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I will have a look at it when the sonic of the wall does not block me 
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I feel the phrase "Quick! Kill the Badger!" may be David Cameron's password.
speramus in juniperus
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Nagy Vilmos wrote: Quick! Kill the Badger!
Password can be cracked in less than a jiffy. Only passwords that are real can be used.
Makes me think of password 'Pen1s' then getting error message "Sorry, your password is too short". Obviously not a black man...
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CBadger wrote: howsecureismypassword[/\]
Oh, isn't that precious? A password harvesting site that poses as one that evaluates the strength of your password .
Software Zen: delete this;
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Gary Wheeler wrote: Oh, isn't that precious?
How else am i suppose to get passwords? Knowledge is power
NSA got nothing on me 
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Once you've submitted a password to somewhere other than where it is intended to be used, the password is no longer secure no matter what the site says.
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We have one genius' opinion 
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But the site says:
"This site could be stealing your password... it's not, but it easily could be."
And it says it right there, on the Internet!
So it must be true.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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CBadger wrote: According to it a password like 'I will always remember this password!' will take, an average Desktop pc, 4 quindecillion years to crack
Using brute force, yes - that's why we have dictionaries. And no, replacing one of them characters with a digit doesn't help that much in making it "more" secure.
I'd recommend a GUID or something similar, combined with Keepass.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: I'd recommend a GUID or something similar, combined with Keepass.
And what would you recommend for 'dem dum folk' using the internet? 
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Newspapers, books and education.
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES!
Abraham Lincoln
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Newspapers, books and education.
Woah!!! calm the fcuk down lassie. We do not want to overload the poor folk with too much information hey 
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