All numbers in a passcode means 10 possible values for each position: 0-9. Just the letters in the phrase “second breakfast” include 12 possible values at each position which means mathematically there are more possible solutions.

[–] calavera@lemm.ee 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

But the attacker wouldn't know about that. He does not know if the password is just characters, numbers etc...

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_attack

[–] calavera@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

I was thinking about that because probably the first world on these dictionaries is "password"

[–] jpeps@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Speaking of not knowing things, how do you know the attacker's pronouns?

[–] Zhao@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago

This made me laugh pretty hard for some reason. Thank you.

[–] calavera@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

got me

[–] this_is_router@feddit.de 6 points 11 months ago

Where do you get the 12 from? Alphabetical is 26 variations per character, not 12.