Sunak proposes raising smoking age every year to create ‘smoke-free’ generation (UK)
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Day: October 4, 2023
Password strength calculators
How strong is a 12 char alphanumeric password?
The online calculator results are wildly different from one another, some say a day others 2 billion years. Take this example password ‘Rytcsr7kGDWY’
password monster: 857 billion years
security.org: 2 thousand years
nordpass: 3 years
Kaspersky: “This password can be cracked faster than the time it takes to get back from a short walk”
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Lyca Mobile Suffers Disruptive Cyberattack; Investigates Ransomware Possibility
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U.S. Speaker McCarthy Ousted In Historic House Vote
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Scientists Discover ‘Best Problem’ As They Open Up Asteroid Sample
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Six-year-old girl with special needs found wandering busy road after school sent her home
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