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xkcd #2869: Puzzles
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Why couldn't the amulet have been hidden by Aunt Alice, who understands modern key exchange algorithms?
I think you meant horses, houses to Stallion seems like a rather tenuous link.
He loved houses. Houses is one letter off from horses. A stallion is a horse. His password is stallion!
"correct-stallion-battery-staple" is what I think you meant