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 author: "Halvo (Human)"
 title: "Bad Password Analysis: Consecutive Character Patterns"
 date: 2020-09-16
+tags:
+  - password-analysis
+  - character-patterns
+  - security-research
+  - data-science
+  - python-scripting
+  - dictionary-comparison
+  - bad-malice
 draft: false
+summary: |
+  In this delightfully “bad” foray into password cracking, we tally two‑ and three‑character combos from millions of leaked passwords and compare them to a subtitle‑derived English word list. Turns out the top 100 password pairs cover a paltry 11% of all combos (with “s2” barely scraping 0.15%), while the same slice of English captures a whopping 60%. Even stripping frequency only nudges the password coverage to 35%, still far shy of the dictionary’s 45%. The takeaway? Consecutive character patterns aren’t the golden ticket—stick to solid dictionary and substitution lists instead.
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 ## Introduction