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For the lazy, if you enter "correcthorsebatterystaple" the password strength gets set to "lol" with an info-box that reads something along the lines of "Don't t

• comex 15y ago
  ...but, oddly enough, not "correct horse battery staple" (at least, that's how I'm used to writing passphrases; I guess the comic could be interpreted either way.)
• vog 15y ago
  I find that message misleading. The xkcd comic does have a point, and thus should be taken seriously. (Despite the obvious downside that those passwords take longer to type, which is why I still prefer short, cryptic passwords.) So a better message might be: "Don't follow the webcomic too closely. :)"
  • wh-uws 15y ago
    Its saying dont use that particular password. Any attacker of this script would know what it was inspired by and attempt that password in a dictionary. Rendering it about as useless as 123456789 in this instance
  • schiffern 15y ago
    It actually says, "Woah there, don't take advice from a web-comic too literally!"