Daniel ReedersFeb 20

Wow people do NOT understand how LLMs work.

People are asking LLMs to generate secure passwords for them.

https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/18/generating_passwords_with_llms/

'Hi ChatGPT! Using your massive matrix of all the tokens you've seen strung together before, please generate a combination nobody has ever seen before?'

Your AI-generated password isn't random, it just looks that way

: Seemingly complex strings are actually highly predictable, crackable within hours

The Register
Show threadJonathan Poh 📷 🏳️‍🌈
@onekind ugh. That’s such a bad idea.
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Show threadDaniel ReedersFeb 20
@jpoh 'Let me ask an agent that can't tell time to act as a random number generator.'