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		bnegreve on Aug 11, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Xkcd Password Generator You can't test 175000^4 = 937890625000000000000 passwords.

ErrantX on Aug 11, 2011 [–]

Ahem. This is why I should check my numbers, I'm told it is a 17,500 word dictionary (and we check 3 re-combinations). Sorry about that :S

bnegreve on Aug 11, 2011 | [–]

Ah ! Now, I agree that if everyone follow this advice, it's going to be fairly easy to crack every password based on a small set of simple words.

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