If I enter a password wrong thrice, the system locks me out. How are hackers able to attempt millions of combinations of passwords without the system locking them out?

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Edit: Thank you everyone who’s taken out time to explain it to me. I’ve learnt so much. Appreciate it.

Yes, I do use ‘thrice’ in my conversation whenever required. I’m glad it amused so many of you.

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It depends on what is happening:

– If you try to login to a website, then they will into the same problem.

– If they have stolen the encrypted passwords, then they are not any longer under the restrictions of the site which performs the authentication.

As such, two different scenarios, two different limitations.

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