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    [–] slazer2au 92 points 4 months ago (52 children)

    I wonder if you string together enough words can it be a valid key?

    [–] cm0002 109 points 4 months ago (43 children)

    I would hope so, sentences and words are some of the most secure passwords/phrases you can use

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    then someone uses a dictionary attack and your password gets cracked within minutes

    [–] shrugs 4 points 4 months ago

    see, you didn't get the whole comic. 4 words out of a dicitionary with 2000 words has more combinations then a single uncommon non gibberish baseword with numeral and puction at the end. as long as the attacker knows your method.

    a dicitonary attack will not lower the entropy of 44 bits, thats what the comic is trying to say

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