Passwords Are Dead — This Is Newly Replacing It!
Apple creates a better alternative
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4 min readAug 18, 2022
Passwords are hands-down the first gateway of our online entry.
Lets ignore the second gateways (2FA, OTP, Authenticator approval) for a while, as most people (9 in 10 Google accounts) don’t use them, letting their accounts be the easiest targets for hacking.
With no MFA linked, weak and reused passwords, it’s easy for hackers to grab everything of your accounts.
Sad part, they don’t even require to know your password. Because their computers are so smart to crack weak passwords by brute force.
Did you know?It just takes 5 secs to crack a strong 6-character password,
400 years for a similar password with 11 characters,
and 15 BILLION years for one with 15 characters. (Source)Every new character you add pumps up the time needed exponentially.
Secure. But, how long do you think we should still rely on a long, crazy, hard-to-remember set of patterns for our account…
