Timeline for What is the entropy of a password made from the initial letters from an English sentence [duplicate]
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| Nov 17, 2021 at 1:46 | answer | added | Polynomial | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 17, 2021 at 0:23 | comment | added | hugomg | Sorry, but I don't see how that answers my question. How would we go about actually computing the entropy of English sentences? (Or of the first letters of the sentences)? | |
| Nov 17, 2021 at 0:09 | comment | added | schroeder♦ | security.stackexchange.com/a/22737/6253 | |
| Nov 16, 2021 at 23:57 | answer | added | Adam Katz | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 16, 2021 at 23:51 | comment | added | hugomg | Which answer are you referring to? The one that is closest in my impression is this one but it is talking about a different thing. Their estimate of 1 bit per character refers to full English text, not to the first characters of each word. | |
| Nov 16, 2021 at 23:45 | history | duplicates list edited | schroeder♦ | duplicates list edited from How secure are passwords made of whole english sentences to Calculating password entropy?, How secure are passwords made of whole english sentences | |
| Nov 16, 2021 at 23:45 | history | closed | schroeder♦ | Duplicate of How secure are passwords made of whole english sentences | |
| Nov 16, 2021 at 23:45 | comment | added | schroeder♦ | Actually that link has an answer that addresses your question directly. | |
| Nov 16, 2021 at 23:43 | comment | added | schroeder♦ | Haven't you answered your own question? | |
| Nov 16, 2021 at 22:52 | history | edited | schroeder♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 16, 2021 at 22:22 | comment | added | hugomg | This is similar to this other question but that question is about entire passphrases, not just the initial letters. | |
| Nov 16, 2021 at 22:20 | history | asked | hugomg | CC BY-SA 4.0 |