▲ 1492 ▼ Opinion - What are your thoughts on password managers? Do you use one? Would you recommend it to others? (lemmy.ca) submitted 3 years ago by Kagathara@lemmy.ca to c/android@lemmy.world 1033 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] zdrvr@lemm.ee 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) Time for a new bank. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jasonwaterfalls@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Why? Do you know how long it takes to crack a 16 character password? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Password cracking isn’t really a thing anymore. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jasonwaterfalls@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) You're telling me nobody uses brute force attacks anymore? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Coreidan@lemmy.world -3 points 3 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jasonwaterfalls@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Why? Do you know how long it takes to crack a 16 character password? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Password cracking isn’t really a thing anymore. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jasonwaterfalls@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) You're telling me nobody uses brute force attacks anymore? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Coreidan@lemmy.world -3 points 3 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Password cracking isn’t really a thing anymore. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jasonwaterfalls@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) You're telling me nobody uses brute force attacks anymore? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Coreidan@lemmy.world -3 points 3 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jasonwaterfalls@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) You're telling me nobody uses brute force attacks anymore? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Coreidan@lemmy.world -3 points 3 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world -3 points 3 years ago 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. permalink fedilink source parent
