How can hackers figure out passwords when I can never remember my own?
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As a serious answer- rainbow tables. Hashes, while unique, are not completely random. A rainbow table is every conceivable hash in one 1/?
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File. If they manage to break into databases that store the hashes, they can then run them against the tables to get either the whole 2/?
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pword if its common (like monkey) or parts of it, and then guess from there/keep running it through. With more powerful computers, this 3/?
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Can be completed within minutes. Off the shelf ones can do it in hours or days. 4/4
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Hey, I just found out if you put your Twitter password in a tweet, when you submit it, it'll be censored! Here's mine: ************
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hunter2
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Did you get hacked yet?
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The world's hacked
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True story
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The person who said that just came out and said he was wrong and pass phrases are far more effective - what is wrong with WSJ these days?
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No... That's not what your own article says. Don't mislead people.
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I've read a long, memorable phrase like 'Wall bad Street pass Murdoch word Journal advice' is better & more secure--and truer.
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Perhaps you should do some real research and read the latest NIST guidelines on passwords (or get some new experts) http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsSPs.html …
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No. Use a pass phrase. http://www.useapassphrase.com
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