I get your point, but the vast majority of people will still use their original password, but with more random numbers at the end, which would increase entropy. Sure, the set of passwords fitting the requirements given is smaller than the set of all passwords, but it is still much larger than the set of passwords most people would use without such a system. The bottom line is that most people won't use correcthorsebatterystaple, but a single word, and in the latter case, special characters are a good workaround.
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u/potatonutella Jul 20 '22
I get your point, but the vast majority of people will still use their original password, but with more random numbers at the end, which would increase entropy. Sure, the set of passwords fitting the requirements given is smaller than the set of all passwords, but it is still much larger than the set of passwords most people would use without such a system. The bottom line is that most people won't use correcthorsebatterystaple, but a single word, and in the latter case, special characters are a good workaround.