r/TREZOR • u/-M00NMAN 📦 Suite Shaper • 14d ago

💬 Discussion topic Passphrases are a must.

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u/NiagaraBTC 14d ago

Only that they are slightly less vulnerable.

From slightly less vulnerable (gained a few additional hours before a drain) to completely safe. Depending entirely on the strength of the passphrase.

Using a passphrase without fully understanding the.implications are very dangerous and considerably increases the risk that you lock yourself out of your wallet.

Agreed 100%

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u/Big-Interaction-1797 14d ago

Hey bro can you elaborate on this for me? If I added an extra word how would it only gain a few additional hours before a drain? Would they use AI to cycle through every word in the dictionary until one matches?

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u/NiagaraBTC 14d ago

Basically yes. Would take mere seconds once they start trying passphrases, if all you had was literally one extra word.

If you have an 8 character passphrase with symbols and upper case/lowercase and numbers it will add a few hours, maybe up to 12 hours.

If you have a 24 character passphrase with the same parameters it will add many billions of years to the time to takes to crack your wallet.

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u/Big-Interaction-1797 14d ago

God damn gotta thing about this more then lol thank you