AI Can Now Crack Most Passwords in Less Than a Minute

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:face_with_monocle:AI Can Now Crack Most Passwords in Less Than a Minute | Extremetech

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Betcha we see retina scanners or face recognition being utilized more and more. Seems plausible because we all already have cameras built-in most phones and PCā€™s.

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haha, people have been making fun of my black electrical tape on my selfie phone camera for yearsā€¦but im start to seeing more and more phones with it. :joy:

I can see ai in the near future screwing up iptv servicesā€¦just watch

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Brute force programs just with faster computing power. And no it cant, not with long passwords and encrypted protocols, or 16 to 32 bit.

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been a secutity geek a long time. ā€œNo it cantā€ā€¦famous last words :joy:

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So have I. There is a thing called fear porn. I can tell you this is not accurate. Not with complex passwords. AI as been around along time. The key word here is COMMON

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I found the following article interesting and useful.

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I agree @TP-Dracoo The main thing is ā€œCommonā€. How does this break down passcodes through a generator that shows like 317,948 years to break? Is that time length of time just a bunch of bull pucky?

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AI developed a new cancer drug for liver cancer in only 30 days. I wouldnā€™t underestimate the power it has, or will have. AI is one of those things that may accurately be described as both a blessing and a curse. Although I am definitely looking forward to the advances in medical treatments and/or cures.

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Frist of all, cures for cancers been around for a long time. Itā€™s a money machine to treat it rather than cure it. Big elite. Secondly, im not doubting power of AI, has been around for a very long timeā€¦ But all this is doing is guessing pass words by using a old scripted method of brute force, which has also been around for a long time. However AI is making that easier by tons of passwords commonly used put into its data base, so instead of going threw one letter or number at a time it just guesses common words and phrases. By making more complex passwords you bypass that common area and now it will have to use each number and letter taking way longer. Big issue is now a days is everything collets your data including passwords you submit into things like Facebook and such.

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Donā€™t tell me that. Iā€™m living with my partner of 22 years who has stage 4 lung cancer. Iā€™m well aware of the present and past treatments. This is a new and very good advancement.

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Well, cancer does suck, but direct your anger at government and big pharma. I will tell you that, as its a fact. I wont further the convo ether.

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I donā€™t have anger. I have sadness.

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I bet, as anyone who is suffering or loving someone who is. Sorry for what you are going threw.

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Thank you for the kind words. We are on our way out the door right now for an Oncologist appt. Have a good day folks!

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Iā€™m curious about one thing though. Bear in mind I am not a statistician or mathematician.

Thought experiment: If I have a 16 character password (letters, numbers, special characters), and a different password for everything I log into, which means a huge factor of X guesses, to get into the ONE site it will work for AND the only way you guess that it is right is by testing it in that one site it will work for AND getting in before being locked out, is it likely AI will ever be a threat?

Just curious if there is some other threat or factor I donā€™t understand.

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That factor is the unknown. The internet, security and AI are fast evolving. The best one can do is try to keep up cause you will never catch up. 16 char password is a good start and imho most people really do not care, so I would say you are ahead of most but always stay dialed in to the latestā€¦its all you can do.

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Was also wondering about the ā€œlock outā€ situation too. In my important accounts, you try three times and you are locked out if your password isnā€™t correct. I would think anyone or anything (AI) would need unlimited access to the log-in to be successful. What am I missing?

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Right. I guess those at risk are those risk are those with simple passwords like 123password and who use that password everywhere so that the thieves can test it somewhere they are unlikely to get locked out and then they can get into everything. Oh and, with 2-factor identification (a text) hopefully that also helps.

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To funny I use the yellow sticky paper and scotch tape. I have been doing that for years as well.