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From: Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid>
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Subject: Re: I don't get this RANDOM stuff...?
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2025 10:09:57 +0100
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On 25/04/2025 00:13, ignoramus@home.com wrote:
> I don't understand the need for this random stuff.
> 
> I just made up this somewhat easy to remember passphrase about my
> doggie's bathroom habits.
> 
> My doggiiee poohps 2.3 tyhmes a dahy
> 
> It can be 'hacked' because it isn't "random"?
> 
> Every password checking web site says it would take thousands of
> centuries to hack.  What am I missing?

I hope that means 2 or 3 times a day, because I don't want to think 
about what a 0.3 means.

The problem is that it isn't random - once during morning walkies, maybe 
during lunchtime walkies and once during evening walkies - so it'll be 
very predictable and you only get a tiny bit of data evenly spaced out.

Can you generate thousands of different passphases?