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minus-square🧟♂️ Cadaver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoAren’t dictionary bruteforcing really efficient ?
minus-squareLarsIsCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoKind of, but also it doesn’t matter much: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/your-paword-doesnt-matter/731984
minus-squarehelvetpuli@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 days agoIn the context of things that rely on passwords for security it matters very much. The Microsoft blog post that you reference is about their systems which displace that reliance, for both better and worse.
Aren’t dictionary bruteforcing really efficient ?
Kind of, but also it doesn’t matter much: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-entra-blog/your-paword-doesnt-matter/731984
In the context of things that rely on passwords for security it matters very much.
The Microsoft blog post that you reference is about their systems which displace that reliance, for both better and worse.