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The average password is easily hacked in minutes by an experienced software developer. This is because of a fundamental flaw in how we were taught to create our passwords. There are simply not enough possible combinations in short passwords such as the above to be "random enough" to prevent a computer from guessing it.

I can probably hack your password in MINUTES!

Okay. You get 3 tries to hack my password and then the account is locked and you are out of business. Ready? Go!

Helpful information, now I confidently can say that my next password will be more secure but not too difficult to remember.

Interesting, but the stated problem also assumes the username is known, infinite attempts, and single-factor authentication. Most sites have a combination of at least the following: limited number of password attempts, lockout period for too many bad logins, account alert e-mails for unfamiliar or bad login attempts, a required secondary form of identification, etc. While you could generate a list of passwords that contains the real password instantly, actual password identification would take much more time.