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by SV_BubbleTime 1773 days ago
>"crystal lizard rekindle" became "crystal LIZARD r3k1ndl3" etc.

But you realize any serious offline cracking is going to get both of those right?

Common word in lowercase - no problem

Common word in uppercase - no problem

Common word with 1337 replacement - no problem.

All you had to do to make this significantly more secure… was add a fourth word and not do the things that humans think are clever and machines don’t really care about.

Although I concede that the stupid requirements that websites have make simple passphrases more difficult than needed.