Telepathwords: Magic Internet Machine That Guesses Your Supposedly Secure Passwords

from JoeUser Forums

 

The idea which motivates this site is preventing weak passwords.

So…while I hope you do have super strong, site unique passwords, now there’s

a place where you can test that. What’s spooky is that the site seems to read your mind:

“The new project from Microsoft Research has a simple premise: you start typing one of your favorite passwords in its little text box, and it tries to guess what the next character is. And it's better at that than you might think.” – Gizmodo

 

So go here: https://telepathwords.research.microsoft.com/  and give it a shot.

How does it work?

Telepathwords tries to predict the next character of your passwords by using knowledge of:

  • common passwords, such as those made public as a result of security breaches
  • common phrases, such as those that appear frequently on web pages or in common search queries
  • common password-selection behaviors, such as the use of sequences of adjacent keys

Anyway…it’s a good test, and when you get the check mark, you don’t have to go farther.

 

Source:

http://gizmodo.com/oh-good-a-magical-internet-machine-that-guesses-your-p-1477249040

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Interesting....;)

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top
Tried it. Eerily accurate responses for first 6 or 7 responses. Then failed when it got to the 8th entry, and continued to fail to end of PW. Interesting 'experiment,' lets hope a phishing version of this doesn't pop up on the web!
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 1
Interesting....
End of Jafo's quote
Yes, it is, but couldn't this be used as a hack tool? .........Just wondering.

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Well...checked out the website (I always do, for you guys), and it's reputable. I doubt it stores anything beyond simple metrics.

Hackers use all sorts of methods...the easiest first and rarely go after individuals, rather large databases. They get in via infected computers, via spear phishing, and via brute force attacks. 

I still laugh when I see the top passwords. Who needs a brain to hack that???

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Seems mine is pretty strong!   :grin:

 

 

 

It only guessed two correctly.

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

That's ok. I sent them the missing word: "Sheep" combined with an slang pronoun.

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

That's very cool but also kind of silly. It gets 3 guesses on each symbol and if either of those was right it counts as a red mark. It also fakes some as red marks even if they were green, like if it guessed the letter i and you put a 1 it still counts as red. So... for each symbol (assuming you only use letters and numbers, which of course you don't have to) it has a higher than 10% chance of getting a red mark just by non-consequential guessing. I think I ended up with about 15% red marks throughout.

Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top

It only guessed one of my letters right.

Reply #9 from Elemental Forums Top


It is interesting to say the least, however I noticed that as your password gets closer to completion red marks become more common.

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I used an old password...16 characters...it guessed 5 and missed 11. Not too shabby!

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

 

:O   it is telepathic... it knows the name of my   :meow:     :w00t:

 

;P

Reply #12 from Elemental Forums Top

@ sydneysiders  yes, when you name your cat, "cat," kinda easy to seem telepathic.  :)

Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top

Oh its kindof like if i accidentally kick my toe and the first letter i begin to say is an 'F' and you can guess the rest of the word!!

Reply #14 from Elemental Forums Top

Unfortunately, it did not guess any symbol / letter / number of my password (only tested my weakest password :) ). Cute little tool there though. Fun to test out what I think should be weak passwords and it does a decent job of guessing the next letter.

Turns out 12345 is not a good combination... got to change my luggage combo

Reply #15 from Sins Forums Top

It is an interesting app, though I hope it does NOT save the things I write in it.. it says I have strong passwords, good to know.

Oh, it does not even know basic Hungarian words (like the one meaning christmas), so much failure this program is :P :P

 

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Turchany, reply 15
Oh, it does not even know basic Hungarian words
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sure thing. now start using a local dialect instead of plain Hungarian, that's probably safer than encryption. ;)

Reply #17 from Elemental Forums Top

worked for the code talkers the USA employed during WW2.