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How many more passwords of this format can you construct? `have` is fixed, the `!` at the end is a classic, and the 12 number is pre-determined by true cats and the 3. So the only degrees of freedom you have are:

- the entity number (3)

- the kind of entity (Cats)

- the kind of part (Legs)

and that's not a huge number of combinations.






"My4BikesHave9WheelsBecause1IsATricycle?" is a valid one for example?

The question mark makes this look like it's the title of a new hit light novel

You have to type that all in without error and the archaic app needs to actually support that many characters

Typing that all in without error is considerably easier than typing TMJ0ltu*zif52Cb& in without error.

I write longer passwords than that periodically. Archaic applications will get shorter variants. No two app will share the same password.

All are no problems for me. With or without a password manager.




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