Czech your passwords.

[megamichelle@a2mi.social]

@jupiter

"Special characters"

[kajer@infosec.exchange]

@MegaMichelle @jupiter

you joke... But this works really well (when combined with other good things)

A few years ago I participated in @CrackMeIfYouCan contest, and didn't get a huge number of "easy" hashes because I didn't have the right language dictionary.

Given that most password leaks are hashes, as long as you have special characters like this and your hash size is some length that hashcat likes to not support for brute forcing... You're golden.

[thekeystonecollective@infosec.exchange]

@jupiter Imagine password: 'strč_prst_skrz_ krk', which is an actual Czech sentence, meaning 'stick a finger through your throat'.

[davidnielsen@mastodon.social]

@jupiter @bsdphk you could have gone with Czech mate, it was right there

[geist@troet.cafe]

@jupiter

[bluesandcoffee@mastodon.social]

@jupiter @trendytoots
Czechmate!

[cy@chaos.social]

@jupiter Germans use Passwörd!

[ultrasonicmadness@mastodon.me.uk]

@jupiter Polish your user interfaces?

[shoko@tooot.im]

@jupiter

[takiro@meow.social]

@jupiter And hope the key doesn't get removed with the next smartphone OS update.

[chemlon@mastodon.social]

@jupiter When you're done, řekni řeřicha

[mkyral@mamutovo.cz]

@TheKeystoneCollective @jupiter

StrčPrstSkrz1Krk is more safe

[lankohr@mastodon.social]

@jupiter @geist How "strong" would be Enochian Language or Lingua ignota if it would be in Unicode?

[jupiter@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@cy Paßwort if you're old enough.

[jupiter@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@chemlon
Třista třicet tři stříbrných stříkaček stříkalo přes třista třicet tři stříbrných střech.

[falken@social.falkensweb.com]

@kajer @MegaMichelle @jupiter @CrackMeIfYouCan though careful not to lock yourself out because a keyboard bug stops you entering the characters... https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/04/12/apple-update-turns-czech-mate-for-locked-out-iphone-user/5219671

[kajer@infosec.exchange]

@falken @MegaMichelle @jupiter @CrackMeIfYouCan

Imagine a stupid keyboard update removes a password character and you have no way to re-create it.

[hrw@society.oftrolls.com]

@jupiter @makdaam

Polish your password:

"aaaaaaaaaa" -> "ąąąąąąąąąą"

[chewie@mammut.gogreenit.net]

@cy @jupiter There's quite a good video about password cracking fro #Steelcon 2025 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLGpfrWCQMc

[sadth@mastodon.world]

@mkyral @TheKeystoneCollective @jupiter StrčTřiPrstySkrz1Krk while we're doing numbers?