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Matumio
on March 15, 2025
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A 2FA app that tells you when you get `314159` (20...
The chance to get 123456 in 100 actuations is very unlikely, indeed. Would you have had the same reaction for 654321 or 777777 or 121212? If there are a hundred such patterns, the chance of getting any in 100 actuations is 1%!
arcastroe
on March 16, 2025
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1 - (999899/999999)^100 = 0.00995
The math checks out.
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