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		blibble on Feb 21, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: "Pwned Passwords" V2 With Half a Billion Passwords "picked a bit I liked" means selecting a length suitable for the site without any weird characters that the site will reject, not trying to find my place of birth in the output!

ChrisSD on Feb 21, 2018 [–]

Ah ok, that makes more sense! I'm just so use to people telling me they "like" their password to be the name of their cat. :P

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