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xkcd #2869: Puzzles (imgs.xkcd.com)
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Why couldn't the amulet have been hidden by Aunt Alice, who understands modern key exchange algorithms?

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[–] superduperenigma@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Even if the password was "stallion" they probably would have made it Stallion1, Stallion!, $tallion, etc. The password always ends up being a single word, all lowercase, no numbers, no special characters.