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Re: Password question
Post by Weird Harold   » Fri Aug 30, 2019 2:22 pm

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Theemile wrote:
Weird Harold wrote:If the device melts down after the third try, the computer's capacity means nothing.


has anyone tried 1 2 3 4 5 6?


Two tries left.
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Re: Password question
Post by isaac_newton   » Fri Aug 30, 2019 3:13 pm

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Weird Harold wrote:If the device melts down after the third try, the computer's capacity means nothing.


Theemile wrote:has anyone tried 1 2 3 4 5 6?


Weird Harold wrote:Two tries left.


your quantum computer is a bit slow...
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Re: Password question
Post by Weird Harold   » Fri Aug 30, 2019 8:33 pm

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Weird Harold wrote:If the device melts down after the third try, the computer's capacity means nothing.


Theemile wrote:has anyone tried 1 2 3 4 5 6?


Weird Harold wrote:Two tries left.


isaac_newton wrote:your quantum computer is a bit slow...


Doesn't matter. If you try brute force, the device self destructs.
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Re: Password question
Post by Bluesqueak   » Sat Aug 31, 2019 4:13 pm

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Theemile wrote:
has anyone tried 1 2 3 4 5 6?



Or Schuler's birthday...
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Re: Password question
Post by Daryl   » Sun Sep 01, 2019 7:24 am

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Or Password.
Or ******** from Dilbert's pointy haired boss who observed that all passwords magically changed to that.
Bluesqueak wrote:
Theemile wrote:
has anyone tried 1 2 3 4 5 6?



Or Schuler's birthday...
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Re: Password question
Post by Michae   » Sun Sep 01, 2019 8:03 am

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In short: to break the good machine-made password with brute force, you would need more time than Universe existence.[/quote]
Assuming you don't have access to a quantum computer - in which case the numbers come down considerably.[/quote]

That's even if you could develop a quantum computer without electricity which I'd argue borders on impossible,which if you did have electricity you could go straight to fed-tech which could access the file reasonably successfully. Surely that would've had tools for this situation..
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