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   Dan Goodin (dangoodin@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 13-Apr-2023 03:37:29 JST Dan Goodin

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   By now, you’ve probably heard about a new AI-based password cracker that can compromise your password in seconds by using artificial intelligence instead of more traditional methods. Some outlets have called it "terrifying," "worrying," "alarming," and "savvy." Other publications have fallen over themselves to report that the tool can crack any password with up to seven characters—even if it has symbols and numbers—in under six minutes.

   As with so many things involving AI, the claims are served with a generous portion of smoke and mirrors. PassGAN, as the tool is dubbed, performs no better than more conventional cracking methods. In short, anything PassGAN can do, these more tried and true tools do as well or better. And like so many of the non-AI password checkers Ars has criticized in the past the researchers behind PassGAN draw password advice from their experiment that undermines real security.

   https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/04/the-passgan-ai-password-cracker-what-it-is-and-why-its-mostly-hype/

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     Dan Goodin (dangoodin@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 13-Apr-2023 03:37:31 JST Dan Goodin

     The PassGAN AI password cracker: What it is and why it’s mostly hype

     https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/04/the-passgan-ai-password-cracker-what-it-is-and-why-its-mostly-hype/

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