How Secure Is My Password?

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Doesn't matter how "secure" you think your password is, whether it's 6 characters in length or 20. Any good hacker will be able to get it in a short period of time. They just don't bother on small fry.
You'd think they'd be hacking bank accounts constantly then.

I'm sure hacking bank accounts aren't exactly 'small fry'. Or what of hacking whole systems?
 

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Doesn't matter how "secure" you think your password is, whether it's 6 characters in length or 20. Any good hacker will be able to get it in a short period of time. They just don't bother on small fry.
It's not the good hackers that would be able to do that.

It's the small few who are super ludicrous, genius hackers, who are probably smarter than their computer(s).
 

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thispasswordisreallylongandhardtoguesssopleasedonthackmeokthanks1

It would take
a desktop PC
about
A septemvigintillion years
to crack your password
(this isn't actually my password)
 
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You'd think they'd be hacking bank accounts constantly then.

I'm sure hacking bank accounts aren't exactly 'small fry'. Or what of hacking whole systems?
Bank accounts are hacked quite often believe it or not, Although im not saying they are always successfully hacked into. Also, i hope you understand banks don't JUST have simple passwords. They have much stronger electronic security than that.

I'm just saying a simple Keygen can give you most passwords, or a rainbow table will with the right hashing algorithm.
 

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[COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.84375)]It would take [/COLOR]
[COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.84375)]a desktop PC[/COLOR]
[COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.84375)] about[/COLOR]
[COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.84375)]7 hours[/COLOR]
[COLOR=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.84375)]to crack your password[/COLOR]
Edit: Umm, whoops? 7 hours.
 

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Bank accounts are hacked quite often believe it or not, Although im not saying they are always successfully hacked into. Also, i hope you understand banks don't JUST have simple passwords. They have much stronger electronic security than that.
PayPal, Emails, sites which store your debit/credit card info (e.g. Amazon), etc. all control money as well. >_>