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Re: Are zips really uncrackable?

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by: Commander Kinsey - Sat, 4 Mar 2023 01:26 UTC

On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 20:04:47 -0000, J. J. Lodder <nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:

> Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2023-02-20 07:33, J. J. Lodder wrote:
>> > mechanic <mechanic@example.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Sun, 19 Feb 2023 22:56:10 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> As long as people need to type in passwords they aren't going to
>> >>> use long and complicated strings.
>> >>
>> >> No excuse!
>> >
>> > And long passwords need not be difficult.
>> > 1RoseByAnyOtherNameWillSmellAsSweet!
>> > will be just fine,
>>
>> Good, but insert a few numbers/spec chars in the middle too ... along
>> with a misspelled word and caps in the "wrong" places ... and it will be
>> as good as random where a dictionary+brute force attack occurs.
>
> Most sites insist nowadays on at least one digit,
> one capitalised letter, and one special sign.
> My example complies,

The insistance is irritating. I make a nice easy to remember password to use everywhere, then along comes a place with yet one more requirement. If you have a different password for every single thing, people have to write them down, and there goes security. Mine are all in an unencrypted text file. I've seen them on postit notes on the side of people's monitors.

Eye scanning is maybe better, then again I recently watched a TV program where they unlocked a phone using face recognition by aiming it at the sleeping person's face.

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Are zips really uncrackable?	Commander Kinsey