[Douglas Basford]

Hi all,

Maybe you've seen it: some researchers at USC have argued that iambic tetrameter passwords are not only easy to remember due to their rhythmic character but also practically unbreakable. They have a computer generating couplets that could do well, and suggest that humans would be better off coming up with their own, as a randomizing algorithm could be cracked by another algorithm. So here's our challenge to you: send us your passwords! No, really. Below are supposedly computer-generated passwords. Humans--let's outdo 'em! Post your best unguessable iambic tetrameter rhymed couplet passwords to #iambsafe via Facebook or Twitter, or if you prefer email them to editor@unsplendid.com. We'll consider the best of the best for publication in the upcoming issue of Unsplendid! Deadline: Nov. 18! We're hoping to make this a regular sort of thing...

Cheers,
Doug

Sophisticated potentates
misrepresenting Emirates
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The shirley emmy plebiscite
complete suppressed unlike invite
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Incited coolly nationwide
and also shipping countryside
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Imperial recruit complain
the diamonds area remain
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The lurid marginal dismay
or pleasure stealing anyway

See:
http://www.businessinsider.com/resea...poetry-2015-10
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...y-to-remember/