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by cheald 4664 days ago
Because even if it's just digits and numbers, 62^26 - 62^25 is a non-brute forceable keyspace.
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madisp 4664 days ago
ah, but it is a passphrase, not a password. Limiting phrases to exactly 26 chars doesn't seem that big anymore.
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bennyg 4664 days ago
Good luck brute forcing an iPhone without it locking up forever though - regardless of your semantic considerations here.
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