How Strong Is Your Password, Really? The Math of Cracking
In 2011 the webcomic xkcd compared two passwords. One was Tr0ub4dor&3, a dictionary word with a capital letter, a few letters swapped f…
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How Your Passwords Are Actually Stored (And Why Plaintext Is a Disaster)
In December 2009 a hacker got into the database of RockYou, a company that made apps for social networks, and walked off with 32 million pa…