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As of February 8, 2024
r/Passwords
Passwords & Authentication
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r/Passwords is a community to discuss password security, authentication, password management, etc. Application of password security and research are on-topic here. We do not hack accounts, we are not professional support for Google, Facebook, Twitter, etc., and we will not recover lost or hashed passwords.
This subreddit is dedicated to the scientific discussion of passwords, biometrics, CAPTCHAs, secret questions, MFA/2FA/2SV, or other factors related to user authentication.
We are primarily interested in topics that promote the industry's understanding of what authentication risks we face, what pra...
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July 19, 2010
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Total Submissions
3,350
Total Comments
9,679
Earliest Submission
June 12, 2011
Earliest Comment
June 12, 2011
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Most Distinctive Words
Rank↕ | Word↕ | Occurrences in Subreddit | Total Occurrences | Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) | Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) | Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 162 | 15,560 | 1122.2 | 0.1 | 8649.15 | |
| #2 | 180 | 23,327 | 1246.9 | 0.2 | 6410.35 | |
| #3 | 136 | 21,100 | 942.1 | 0.2 | 5354.57 | |
| #4 | 447 | 83,111 | 3096.5 | 0.7 | 4468.04 | |
| #5 | 191 | 36,658 | 1323.1 | 0.3 | 4328.45 | |
| #6 | 104 | 27,368 | 720.4 | 0.2 | 3156.88 | |
| #7 | 907 | 353,181 | 6283.0 | 2.9 | 2133.43 | |
| #8 | 115 | 46,489 | 796.6 | 0.4 | 2055.02 | |
| #9 | 42 | 28,327 | 290.9 | 0.2 | 1231.73 | |
| #10 | 2,432 | 1,836,192 | 16847.0 | 15.3 | 1100.31 | |
| #11 | 31 | 27,852 | 214.7 | 0.2 | 924.64 | |
| #12 | 81 | 74,119 | 561.1 | 0.6 | 907.87 | |
| #13 | 41 | 38,946 | 284.0 | 0.3 | 874.56 | |
| #14 | 224 | 233,699 | 1551.7 | 1.9 | 796.27 | |
| #15 | 32 | 50,314 | 221.7 | 0.4 | 528.36 | |
| #16 | 34 | 53,888 | 235.5 | 0.4 | 524.15 | |
| #17 | 127 | 210,498 | 879.8 | 1.8 | 501.21 | |
| #18 | 117 | 240,360 | 810.5 | 2.0 | 404.38 | |
| #19 | 64 | 137,184 | 443.3 | 1.1 | 387.56 | |
| #20 | 34 | 92,379 | 235.5 | 0.8 | 305.75 | |
| #21 | 55 | 173,582 | 381.0 | 1.4 | 263.22 | |
| #22 | 42 | 144,975 | 290.9 | 1.2 | 240.67 | |
| #23 | 41 | 167,475 | 284.0 | 1.4 | 203.38 | |
| #24 | 95 | 389,185 | 658.1 | 3.2 | 202.78 | |
| #25 | 38 | 174,407 | 263.2 | 1.5 | 181.00 | |
| #26 | 32 | 156,980 | 221.7 | 1.3 | 169.35 | |
| #27 | 64 | 365,550 | 443.3 | 3.0 | 145.45 | |
| #28 | 181 | 1,097,005 | 1253.8 | 9.1 | 137.07 | |
| #29 | 62 | 382,924 | 429.5 | 3.2 | 134.51 | |
| #30 | 40 | 284,202 | 277.1 | 2.4 | 116.92 | |
| #31 | 49 | 366,634 | 339.4 | 3.1 | 111.03 | |
| #32 | 72 | 546,388 | 498.8 | 4.6 | 109.47 | |
| #33 | 200 | 1,545,586 | 1385.4 | 12.9 | 107.50 | |
| #34 | 31 | 241,281 | 214.7 | 2.0 | 106.73 | |
| #35 | 45 | 351,136 | 311.7 | 2.9 | 106.46 | |
| #36 | 45 | 351,986 | 311.7 | 2.9 | 106.21 | |
| #37 | 770 | 6,395,551 | 5334.0 | 53.3 | 100.02 | |
| #38 | 58 | 510,258 | 401.8 | 4.3 | 94.43 | |
| #39 | 37 | 339,954 | 256.3 | 2.8 | 90.42 | |
| #40 | 30 | 291,954 | 207.8 | 2.4 | 85.36 | |
| #41 | 95 | 956,536 | 658.1 | 8.0 | 82.51 | |
| #42 | 73 | 739,450 | 505.7 | 6.2 | 82.01 | |
| #43 | 81 | 854,081 | 561.1 | 7.1 | 78.79 | |
| #44 | 94 | 1,200,951 | 651.2 | 10.0 | 65.02 | |
| #45 | 47 | 603,343 | 325.6 | 5.0 | 64.71 | |
| #46 | 85 | 1,097,386 | 588.8 | 9.2 | 64.35 | |
| #47 | 111 | 1,457,885 | 768.9 | 12.2 | 63.25 | |
| #48 | 45 | 631,517 | 311.7 | 5.3 | 59.20 | |
| #49 | 48 | 681,254 | 332.5 | 5.7 | 58.53 | |
| #50 | 132 | 1,878,037 | 914.4 | 15.7 | 58.39 |