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Now here is what is really scary, On another file, using the dictionary option instead of “brute-force”, it found my personal seven digit password in 5 secs. So I am now on a mission to revise my personal password to some crazy ass combination of upper lower characters and numbers...




NEVER use a dictionary word. Use a special charater, a number replacing a letter (5 instead of S, etc), spell something backwards (don't use "dad" or "mom" ), deliberately misspell a word, use a foreign word (elmusico) but never use something in a dictionary. Don't use the same password on everything, and change them at regular intervals.

I deal with this stuff literally all day long. Half my calls are for password resets.