PerryM ✅May 2, 2023
As a computer hobbyist, I often worry how good my passwords are. I've never seen anything to describe how important it is. This chart and the research is super. My hat off to HIVE!
Show threadDimitri SchoutenMay 7, 2023
@PerryM
As for the colors:
Why is 17k years orange? Or 1m yellow? Anything over the average human lifespan would be green as far as I’m concerned.
Show threadScott Laird
@drag0nsden @PerryM yeah. Coloring 1-100k years as orange seems nuts. I mean, I'm not going for green, at least if I need to remember it. Not that I remember more than 3 or 4 passwords anymore.
May 7, 2023 at 4:56pmWeb
Show threadHannekeMay 7, 2023

@laird @drag0nsden @PerryM I assume it’s because it’s based on current computing power. I don’t know how fast it goes down but (wild assumption) if it goes down by 50% every year a password that takes 100k years with current hardware will take 3 months in 20 years. So that would mean it’s basically 20 (or even 18 if you start cracking in 17 years) years not 100k.

That’s probably fine for most use cases though, pretty sure there’s nothing I’m currently doing that anyone is going to be interested in in 20 years.

Show threadDimitri SchoutenMay 8, 2023
@PerryM @laird @h5e
Agreed, but if Moore’s law is incorporated in the coloring scheme, the timespans should reflect the same. Your example from 100k should read 17y.
But I’m nitpicking, and making the chart has probably taken someone serious effort.
Show threadHannekeMay 8, 2023
@drag0nsden @PerryM @laird that would be nice indeed