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Becoming physically immune to brute-force attacks

seirdy.one

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Already well established: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bremermann%27s_limit

Thanks; updated the article's "Further reading" section with more info.

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A probability should never be greater than 1.

After trying out B ≥ 2ⁿ distinct passwords, the probability of guessing the correct password is 1.

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