Who has never encountered a password that was impossible to remember—and sometimes impossible to change? Routers, especially Freeboxes, love serving up particularly delightful examples, such as this genuine sequence: libitu& domuisse7\ siparetur?!.* Yet this apparent complexity often serves only to frustrate users. Here is a little puzzle: which of the following three passwords is the hardest to "crack"?
*1R&ducteur1998 milieu-jeu-calebassier-tatar-palais FYkLh39pdR*
Give Shannon his due…
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