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"I happen to have handy a file of four-letter words (no, not that kind of four-letter word)"

And yet, I spot such a word in many of the high-scoring combinations (hint: it appears near the word 'CUTE')

It would not surprise me if the makers of these locks had a list of forbidden words.



I've known some systems that exclusive "offensive" words/substrings, occasionally leading to the ol' Scunthorpe Problem[1].

Personally, I feel the opposite should be enforced. If you make the password vile enough, people should be less willing to tell it to other people :)

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scunthorpe_problem




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