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		dmitshur on March 24, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bill Gates Will Give You $100,000 to Build a Bette... It's one thing to be told not to use weak passwords in theory, but another seeing how many seconds/minutes/hours/years it would take to crack your password and have that number change with each extra letter you type. Or so I would imagine.

nicholassmith on March 24, 2013 [–]

A lot of sites use 'your password is weak/strong/very strong' indicators, there's still a lot of weak passwords used for them.

Evbn on March 25, 2013 | [–]

They are rather abstract, though. They don't force the user to watch a movie about getting identity thefted.

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