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elcritchyesterday at 9:30 AM1 replyview on HN

It could also give useful priors for targeted attacks, "Their password is 5 characters, and their daughters name is also 5 characters, let's try variations of that".


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justsomehnguyyesterday at 7:19 PM

Some system accessible to hackers who can see the length of the password /and/ having a single 5 char password has a security of a key under a doormat.