Okay first of all the title of this blog is really a understatement and second most people think that how is this possible maybe the writer is idiot or something well I won't blame you but first read this blog then decide about me. I'll try to make my explanation as easiest as possible. So lets get started
Well first of all I fully support my title that Password is actually the safest password but there is also a catch in this.
Now first of all just think about it how a password cracking work :
it take a single alphabet or number or special character and calculate all the permutation and combinations right. Okay so if some people still don't understand let me give you an example :
Ex: suppose you password for an account is "PasswOrd" okay so basic password cracking tool simply apply a to password field afcose it won't work same way then b is tested all the to z now. Do keep in mind only small letters are tested. Now all the upper case alphabets are tested A to Z but as of this movement nothing works now Both 2 letters are combined ab are tested all the way to az which doesn't work similarly after many attempts password will be cracked.
That's basically overall the password cracking tools work mostly. Now back to my statement how the word "password" is actually the safest password.
Total possible combination for word password is 6435 and that is only for small alphabets. Now as I add the special characters, numbers, upper case alphabets the total number for combination will increase.
Now afcose many readers also thinking about that since now this whole password cracking process is automated what's the point of all this. Well that's a brilliant point and also correct in its own sense but just think about it any website for password cracking always has a limit for wrong password.
Basically a user will only enter a wrong password for a certain number of times so even though the tool is fast enough but still doing all the combination isn't really possible for many tools.
I fully agree that having password as password isn't really the most safest thing to done atleast from security point of view but still having password as password is more like a wild card it has good and also worst side..
Apart from that in this era no one really care to put password as password since there are password managers that saved the password and also make or suggest new strong password that are combinations of all the words, numbers and special characters and that is super easy to use but just think about storing your password at one single place is safe? Well I don't think so since if buy any chance the hacker gain access to this manager and that'll immediately provide access to all your accounts. I understand cracking the software isn't easy but it is not impossible as well.
Now, at last I agree that many readers may actually still challenge my statement and I agree with them yes they're absolutely correct but even they also know that my points I explained above aren't completely wrong either. So ultimately all I can say is for better security don't just relay on passwords managers since a single vulnerability can give access to all accounts in one go.
I use this tool to calculate all the combinations for password. It is a free online tool.
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