@cmuratori In a world where the distribution of chosen passwords is uniform, sure. The human effect can prob only be determined empirically
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@cmuratori Like, maybe the tradeoff to stop people choosing "dog" is worth itThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@cmuratori probably, passwords are just awful?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@cmuratori With rainbow tables? Or guessing? -
@pusheax88 Period. It constrains the search space, so the attacker has a huge number of passwords they never need to try.
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@cmuratori Dumb people type the exact same password as before with a '1' on the end, so it's not any worse for them. -
@cmuratori Smart people know that makes it weaker unless they increase the length, so they increase the length. - Show replies
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@dotstdy@cmuratori The only restrictive rule that unambiguously has a negative effect on security is length limits.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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