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minus-square「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·22 hours agoApparantly that suspect had a 4 digit pin so once they bypassed the Secure Enclave, they can brute force it in 10 seconds For Phones, 20 character alphanumeric password is a hassle, but for computers, you can easily use a 10 word passphrase. If you use a long password, bypassing the password entry limit doesn’t matter if the algorithm itself is secure. In this case, the key was uploaded to a microsoft account… so you don’t even need a back door, just walk right in…
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 hours ago but for computers, you can easily use a 10 word passphrase. Correct Horse Battery Staple https://xkcd.com/936/
minus-square「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 hours agoThanks, Mine is: Incorrect Cow AC-Power Paperclip /j
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·20 hours agoMine is *********************** Weird, when you type your root password it posts as stars.
Apparantly that suspect had a 4 digit pin so once they bypassed the Secure Enclave, they can brute force it in 10 seconds
For Phones, 20 character alphanumeric password is a hassle, but for computers, you can easily use a 10 word passphrase.
If you use a long password, bypassing the password entry limit doesn’t matter if the algorithm itself is secure.
In this case, the key was uploaded to a microsoft account… so you don’t even need a back door, just walk right in…
Correct Horse Battery Staple
https://xkcd.com/936/
Thanks, Mine is: Incorrect Cow AC-Power Paperclip
/j
Mine is ***********************
Weird, when you type your root password it posts as stars.
hunter2
Why is it always password123?