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[–] 53 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

It worked until it didn't, success!

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  • [–] 14 points 2 weeks ago

    modern problems require modern solutions

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  • [–] 13 points 2 weeks ago

    18 months, someone had to have figured it out before this week. Be careful if you thought your VPN was good.

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  • [–] 77 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

    The entire Internet went into panic mode yesterday because someone used 4 as their password.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Not just 4, but for eight things they used numbers under 300

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  • [–] 17 points 2 weeks ago

    And to be clear, that's a 384 bit key, so the key was just 381 zeroes in a row, then a 1, then two more zeroes.

    Or, with using regular decimal numbers, imagine a combination lock where the code is 115 digits long, and the first 114 are just zero, with a 4 at the end.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    In a world where absolutely every password needs 8 digits, a Capital, a number, and a special character, "clown" is the most secure password because no one would try it.

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