It seems like "mm" "nnn" and "cccccc" would be indistinguishable. | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		modeless 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sütterlin It seems like "mm" "nnn" and "cccccc" would be indistinguishable.

Aachen 4 months ago [–]

Maybe they didn't have to write down as many randomly generated passwords yet and so context always acted as a checksum? Like if I write "its a blue sky" you still know what I mean from context, same as with typos/writos

ahartmetz 4 months ago | [–]

Whose sky? (jk of course)

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact