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> Is perfectly fine, but often is not allowed

Nor is "correct horse battery staple". For wanting symbols, so many password systems really hate spaces.



I can't tell you how pissed I was when the ex-Pres revealed my password with his "Man Woman Camera TV" rant.


correct horse battery staple is a terrible password :D


Check out the reference here: https://xkcd.com/936/


That's what makes it a bad password.


It's a fantastic example of both how to create memorable high entropy passwords, and a class of passwords that many systems don't allow.

I don't think anyone, even the original responder, views it as an actual password we should all use.


I think you missed a smiley. Here I am, explaining a joke.




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