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K. Ryabitsev

Bad app: now pick a password
Me: here's my randomly generated 16-character password: prcblvvkzqyigbwq
Bad app: lol, sry, need capital letters, numbers, and special symbolz!
Me: prcblvvkzqyigbwqA1!
Bad app: ok, fine
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K. Ryabitsev

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K. Ryabitsev

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@khzimmer2 In reality, all my passwords are qQ1!wW2@ -- the apps say it's a "great password", so I know I'm well protected against hackers.
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Krzysztof Kozlowski

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@monsieuricon xkcd nicely pointed out silliness of usual password approaches - difficult for us to remember, easy for machines to break: https://xkcd.com/936
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