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Time it takes for a hacker to brute force your password in 2022 #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth

Good to know: Tutanota checks your password upon sign-up and makes sure it's strong enough. Secure your emails now! - And activate second factor authentication. 😉
#cybersecurityawarenessmonth
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Fossery Tech :debian2: :krita:
Fossery Tech :debian2: :krita:
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64 chars and uppercase, lowercase, numbers, symbols for me
+ 2FA
Muhaha
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Floppy 💾
Floppy 💾
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It is important to note that "numbers, upper and lower case letters, symbols" is not necessarily the best choice for a password.

I encourage people to look into criteria (and myths) about good passwords according to modern standards and security experts.

Of course, there is a related XKCD comic on password strength. :) A somewhat accessible discussion of factors to consider can be found here:

https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/6095/xkcd-936-short-complex-password-or-long-dictionary-passphrase

XKCD #936: Short complex password, or long dictionary passphrase?

How accurate is this XKCD comic from August 10, 2011? I've always been an advocate of long rather than complex passwords, but most security people (at least the ones that I've talked to) are again...
Information Security Stack Exchange
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Tuta
Tuta
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@floppy Yes, you are absolutely right. We have a blog post on this as well, should have added it to the toot: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/how-create-strong-password/

How to create & remember a strong password.

It's easy to create a strong password - and remember it. You only need to know how!
Tutanota
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Poof Birb 🏴 ⸸
Poof Birb 🏴 ⸸
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i would have kept using tutanota if not for the annoying wait period for new accounts
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Tuta
Tuta
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@poofbirb This usually only happens when you sign up from a shared IP, e.g. VPN or Tor. Please try your home IP, then I'm sure there will be no wait period! Thanks for understanding, it's difficult to allow sign-up without a phone number & make sure no spammers come onto the system!
@Poof Birb 🏴 ⸸
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