TutaDec 30

Passwords. We all hear “make them strong,” but here’s the real deal: SIZE matters.

A longer password isn’t just better; it’s exponentially harder to crack.

Upgrade your security and better protect your digital identity:

✅️ Create strong and unique passwords.
✅️ Store them in a password manager.

Learn more here: https://tuta.com/blog/minimum-password-length

Show threadvrekDec 30
@Tutanota here is one thing I think but for some reason the security industry seems to disagree with me. So let's say you have a password and it's 12 characters long. If you say in the requirements it must have 1 uppercase, 1 lowercase, 1 number, and 1 special character doesn't that actually simplify cracking as the hacker knows the requirements? Like assuming all those characters are allowed but not required isn't the possible number of passwords greater?
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@Tutanota if the password could be all uppercase or all lower case, or all numbers, doesn't that add to the pool of possible passwords? password, PASSWORD, Password, password, or passworD are all possible so the hacker has to check each. If I know it must be 1 uppercase and 1 lowercase you eliminated a bunch of possible passwords.
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Show threadvrekDec 30
@Tutanota if you say we require a minimum of characters in your password, you eliminated 2.1 * 10 ^42 possible passwords. Isn't it better to accept any password so hackers have to check all of them? More restrictions just shrink the possible number of passwords.