NewYorkRush to AndroidEnglish • 1 year agoOpinion - What are your thoughts on password managers? Do you use one? Would you recommend it to others?lemmy.caimagemessage-square939fedilinkarrow-up11.55Karrow-down124cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11.53Karrow-down1imageOpinion - What are your thoughts on password managers? Do you use one? Would you recommend it to others?lemmy.caNewYorkRush to AndroidEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square939fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@jasonwaterfallslinkEnglish3•1 year agoWhy? Do you know how long it takes to crack a 16 character password?
minus-square@jasonwaterfallslinkEnglish1•1 year agoYou’re telling me nobody uses brute force attacks anymore?
minus-square@CoreidanlinkEnglish-3•1 year agoNope. Most services lock you out after 3 failed password attempts for 10-15 minutes. Password cracking would take centuries at that rate. It worked in the 90s when you could pound the severs for hours/days before even being noticed. Now you’ll just get auto IP banned.
Time for a new bank.
Why? Do you know how long it takes to crack a 16 character password?
Password cracking isn’t really a thing anymore.
You’re telling me nobody uses brute force attacks anymore?
Nope. Most services lock you out after 3 failed password attempts for 10-15 minutes. Password cracking would take centuries at that rate.
It worked in the 90s when you could pound the severs for hours/days before even being noticed. Now you’ll just get auto IP banned.