> I now predict an uptick in people using 'correctbatteryhorsestaple' as their password...
At least that's slightly better than "correcthorsebatterystaple" which appeared in the XKCD. The really funny part is that I automatically noticed this when reading your comment because I have "correcthorsebatterystaple" so fully committed to memory that I noticed when you deviated.
> I automatically noticed this when reading your comment because I have "correcthorsebatterystaple" so fully committed to memory that I noticed when you deviated.
For me it was the opposite. My brain automatically read it as "correcthorsebatterystaple" despite what was written, just as it would with a small typo in a word.
Accidental deviation. What I wrote IS how I've remembered it apparently. Maybe because a battery horse makes more sense to me than a horse battery. Not sure. either way, I'll start using it as my password and see how long it takes to get pwned.
Oh, but the cartoon has the battery connected into the horse :)
What goes to show something, because most people discussing passphrases do not care to point that it's about mental images, not text. It's either so obvious that it doesn't have to be said, or so non-obvious that nobody gets it, even after reading the XKCD.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4771194/The-m...
I now predict an uptick in people using 'correctbatteryhorsestaple' as their password...
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