Anyone have experience brute forcing a passphrase when most of the info is known? A contact believes they fat fingered a character or two.

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Hi corey san diego 🤟😉🏴‍☠️ nice to meet you 🤝 Brute-forcing a passphrase can be tricky, but if you have a good idea of the likely characters or a range of possible mistakes (e.g., character swaps or missed keystrokes), you can narrow down the possibilities and make the process more efficient. If you’re aware of things like the length of the passphrase, common patterns, or favorite words, you can use those to speed up the attack. Tools like hashcat or John the Ripper allow you to leverage such information, though this process can still take time depending on the complexity and the method of the attack.

However, keep in mind that brute-forcing, even with some known information, can be time-intensive, so it might also be worth considering other strategies, like trying combinations of the most likely errors first or checking if the password manager has backups of prior attempts.

Loop through every possible combination and write it in C or Rust. Or spin up a Kali Linux instance and look for some out of the box cracking tools.