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AdamTReineke
on Aug 11, 2011
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Xkcd Password Generator
Easier, yes, but not easy. A dictionary attack on 4 words is the same as brute forcing 4 letters except now instead of just 26 letters there are thousands. 2000^4 vs 26^4 = 35,000,000% more to check.
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