Let's parse what Schneier said (and didn't say): Mostly, he didn't say it was "good". Or that he liked it. "Telepathwords is a pretty clever research project"

Let's parse what Schneier said (and didn't say): Mostly, he didn't say it was "good". Or that he liked it. "Telepathwords is a pretty clever research project" Clever doesn't mean "good". "It's different from normal strength meters, and I think better." "better and different" doesn't mean "good". (Burger King is different and better than a hamburger at a local high school). "I like seeing new research in this area." Also does not mean "good". So Schneier is not doing anymore than reporting on this password strength estimator (his words). He is smartly not getting trapped into saying he likes it or thinks it does a good job only that it does a better job than "normal strength meters" and that he likes "seeing new research in this area". Which is clever. Because nobody can come back and say he was wrong.