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From: Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Speaking of long-ish passwords
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 09:54:17 +0100
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On 21/06/2024 21:31, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
> ... generating a
> complex password from a simple password...

You can't actually increase the entropy