On Sun, Nov 26, 2023 at 03:19:43PM +0000, iain via BitFolk Users wrote:
A password is security by obscurity.
In case that wasn't entirely tongue-in-cheek, the term "security by
obscurity" refers to secret methods, which, one out in the open, become
permanently useless.
In contrast, a password, if accidentally discovered or leaked, can easily be
changed, and is then just as secure as before, as long as the leakage
wasn't through a system flaw that could be used again.
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