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Wow, their advice is terrible too: "86% Exceptional" http://www.getsafeonline.org/themes/passwrdcheck/results.htm...


XKCDs correct horse battery staple earns merely 40% ("Warning: Your passwords are weak and your digital life is at risk!")

http://www.getsafeonline.org/themes/passwrdcheck/results.htm...


When in fact it should earn a 0%, because it's in most common password dictionaries now?


I like the password checkers which just say, "This password is completely insecure, because you just gave it to a strange computer on the internet."


http://www.getsafeonline.org/themes/passwrdcheck/results.htm...

Capitalize the first letter of correct and battery. Then you get 100% :)


Change a '5' to a '6' and add a '1' and you get 100%

http://www.getsafeonline.org/themes/passwrdcheck/results.htm...


Password12345 gets 93%.




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