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Discussion on: Do password rules impact security?

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Replies for: Yes, I think the theory is correct, but the practice is different. You presume that the passwords are random, so the avg number of guesses is clo...

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Dominik Weber Author •

You're right, that's very similar to what I've realized from that comment.

I somehow never thought of passwords being sorted by popularity, just going through them in order.