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TetOn
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Xkcd Password Generator
Wouldn't you first have to know that the passphrase consists of four randomly chosen words (eg not three, five, or eight)? To me, that's the underlying strength of the approach that the comic (!) is trying to highlight.
burgerbrain
on Aug 11, 2011
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The entropy is actually calculated with the assumption that the attacker already knows those things. If they don't, then it is higher.
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