New Technology : Test Your Password Strength with the Same Tool Hackers Use

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Is your password secure? We’ve all heard a lot of advice about what sorts of passwords you should never pick – and there are various tools that claim to assess the security of your password online. However, these can only be dubiously accurate. The only way to really test the security of your passwords is to try to break them. So today, we’re going to do just that. I’m going to show you how to use a tool that real hackers use to crack passwords, and show you how to use it to check yours. And, if it fails the test,...

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