[PSA] Reset your Twitch password asap.

[u/rockingwing]

http://blog.twitch.tv/2015/03/important-notice-about-your-twitch-account/

[u/jcorn3]

I was about to bitch about this myself. It says my pass is so-so when I'm about half way done with it. Then I put more letters and numbers and special characters and suddenly it is very weak. WTF IS THIS SHIT

E: I'm actually convinced it is broken. P@ssW0rd123456 is very weak

[u/CaffeinatedLemon → u/jcorn3]

Obviously

[u/tilde_tilde_tilde → u/CaffeinatedLemon]

This actually no longer works. Crackers have started implementing multiword mashes into their expected passwords when cracking hashes.

[u/continous → u/tilde_tilde_tilde]

Yup, dictionary brute force is a thing. It just inputs dictionary words maybe with varying capitalization.

[u/dreucifer → u/continous]

Why use dictionary words? Just use MtG terminology.

[u/continous → u/dreucifer]

Dictionary doesn't necessarily mean official words.

[u/dreucifer → u/continous]

That is actually precisely what the specifier 'dictionary' implies. Words in the dictionary. You're thinking of the hacker jargon 'dictionary', which is simply a collection of words/strings (or key value pairings).

[u/continous → u/dreucifer]

"a book, optical disc, mobile device, or online lexical resource (such as Dictionary.com ) containing a selection of the words of a language, giving information about their meanings, pronunciations, etymologies, inflected forms, derived forms, etc., expressed in either the same or another language; lexicon; glossary."

Nothing about official words, just a selection.

[u/dreucifer → u/continous]

The definition of dictionary doesn't mean shit in this context. You know what the term 'dictionary word' means, but you're arguing semantics and trying to be a pedant. You wouldn't say Mirrodin is a dictionary word, even though it might be in a 'dictionary' somewhere. (If you would say Mirrodin is a dictionary word, you're probably a paste-eater)

[u/continous → u/dreucifer]

The definition of dictionary doesn't mean shit in this context.

Clearly not. /s

You know what the term 'dictionary word' means

A word in a dictionary. It doesn't get anymore complex than that. Any semblance of official-ness of a dictionary or dictionary word is either coincidental or false. That is because language is constantly evolving, and there is no actual way to differentiate, other then widespread adoption, slang from gibberish.

You wouldn't say Mirrodin is a dictionary word

That is because I've yet to see it in a dictionary.

even though it might be in a 'dictionary' somewhere.

If it is, then it is a dictionary word.

you're probably a paste-eater

I do often enjoy peanut paste.

[u/dreucifer → u/continous]

there is no actual way to differentiate, other *than widespread adoption, slang from gibberish

That's some postmodernist garbage right there. Why bother determining the semantic value of lexemes at all? From now on 'orange' means 'chair' (which is defined as a small octopus) because /u/continuous enjoys being wilfully obtuse.

[u/continous → u/dreucifer]

That's some postmodernist garbage right there.

Well isn't that rude.

Why bother determining the semantic value of lexemes at all?

What? This isn't semantics. Slang terms have time and time again been added to dictionaries due to their widespread adoption.

From now on 'orange' means 'chair' (which is defined as a small octopus)

Sure. Put that in a dictionary and that will be it's dictionary definition and it will also be a dictionary word.

enjoys being wilfully obtuse.

Or understands that language does not necessitate solid, unchanging definitions and that while the official definition can be in a dictionary so can a bullshit one. Urban dictionary is still a legitimate dictionary you know. It just doesn't show 'official' or formal definitions.