From: rotflol2@hotmail.com   
      
   On 2025-04-22, cal@invalid.com  wrote:   
   > If a hacker hacks one's mail site and gets one's password, what   
   > difference does it make if that password is weak or strong?  Either way,   
   > the hacker gets it from the hacked e-mail site.  He then has access to   
   > the e-mail account no matter what the strength of the password was.   
   >   
   > What am I not understanding about the necessity for the need of a   
   > 'strong' password - or passphrase?   
      
   It's to help mitigate a 'brute force' attack, where the hacker tries   
   passwords until they git a hit.  If you use a dictionary word like   
   "sausage", then a brute force attack which goes through the dictionary   
   will hit upon it pretty fast.  Strong passwords are much, much harder to   
   get, as are combinations of words, particularly memorable ones which may   
   not be common, such as "Dingoes fry jelly steaks".  It doesn't protect   
   against every kind of attack, but it certaintly prevents some.   
      
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