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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Does a time estimate for brute force always assume the operation is not parallel?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

IMO, the fact that the "how long to crack" metric on passworm managers never state the assumptions and parameters it uses means that its validity is dubious at best.