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What's do you think is a good length? I think it has to be at least 10 but over 15 is much better.
Idk exactly how accurate this is but seems valid
I wonder if this assumes the cracker knows how long etc the password is when they start cracking.
I always make my passwords "a" because I figure they'll start cracking attempts at 5 characters 😁
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