That’s (26^36) combinations, about 8.69e50 in all. If you could do 10 per second (reasonable over the Internet at the time), it’d take you about 2e32 universe ages to complete.
I’m very disappointed in Jason. He should’ve at least written a program to try all the permutations. (It would still take longer than his lifetime, but it’s the smarter way to do it.)
He could get lucky. People tend to choose passwords that are easy for them to memorize. You gotta do some research, like what is the name of the inventor’s first girlfriend, or his mother’s date of birth, or his dog’s favorite dogfood…Even Lisbeth Salander couldn’t do it. But it would fall in about thirty seconds to any of the computer nerds in any TV crime show. Beating hard and fast on the keyboards while watching streams of random characters scroll up seems to work every time.
cakridge2 Premium Member over 6 years ago
That’s (26^36) combinations, about 8.69e50 in all. If you could do 10 per second (reasonable over the Internet at the time), it’d take you about 2e32 universe ages to complete.
realexander over 6 years ago
I’m very disappointed in Jason. He should’ve at least written a program to try all the permutations. (It would still take longer than his lifetime, but it’s the smarter way to do it.)
Ray_C over 6 years ago
He could get lucky. People tend to choose passwords that are easy for them to memorize. You gotta do some research, like what is the name of the inventor’s first girlfriend, or his mother’s date of birth, or his dog’s favorite dogfood…Even Lisbeth Salander couldn’t do it. But it would fall in about thirty seconds to any of the computer nerds in any TV crime show. Beating hard and fast on the keyboards while watching streams of random characters scroll up seems to work every time.
jpayne4040 over 6 years ago
No, the fools are certainly not at Blizzgames!