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00:00A hacker sneaks onto your laptop and tries to guess your password.
00:03How long does it take to crack it?
00:04They type in a bunch of guesses but get locked out after 5 attempts.
00:08But if they steal the password database, they can run an offline attack and attempt billions
00:12of guesses each second.
00:14If your password is 8 characters with only lowercase letters, the hacker takes less than
00:18a second to attempt all 208 billion combos and log in.
00:22But if you add just a single uppercase letter, it now takes 24 minutes.
00:27Throw in a number and we're up to 5 days.
00:29Whatever.
00:30But throw in a symbol and it now takes 3 years to attempt the 5.7 quintillion combinations.
00:36But they wait that long so they can log in and follow GoHard for these tips.