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Application - Password Strength

(Counting possibilities)

How many 8-character passwords can you make with lowercase letters only? 26^8 ≈ 208 billion.

Add uppercase: 52^8 ≈ 53 trillion. Add digits: 62^8 ≈ 218 trillion.

This is permutations with repetition. More choices per position exponentially increase security.