How Long It Would Take To Hack A Password

Password strength has become more of a issue in recent years. During it has always been important to select secure passwords, advancements in processing power and distributed computing have made it more of a pressing matter. Passwords that may have taken weeks or years to crack in the past are now crackable in days or even hours. That’s a big security issue considering that many computer users are after all selecting weak passwords as their account passwords.

The service is not only displaying the time it

But the service is not only displaying the time it would in broad outline take to hack your password, it as well displays information and tips that can help you select a more secure password. Just in case, it compares the selected password against the list of the top 10k passwords used on the Internet.

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