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		aidenn0 on Aug 11, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Xkcd Password Generator Watch out for sites that only use the first 8 characters of your password (no matter how long it is).

raleec on Aug 11, 2011 [–]

Or those that ignore case... I've come across a few popular ones that do that!

pedro_a on Aug 12, 2011 | [–]

Case is only 8 more bits assuming you randomly assign case to all of your letters. More likely it will be only one more bit. Then requiring an extra character is equally good.

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