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[–] ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

With this logic you could say the chance to hit the lottery jackpot is the same as if the numbers are just 3 digits long. It’s not trying all the possible combinations all at once.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social -1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

If the password was forced to be a specific length and could not be shorter or longer, it would be the same as that. But they're not usually forced to be a specific length. They do have bounds, but that also makes it so there are fewer possible combinations to guess.