password strength ``checkers''

Why don't they take into account dictionary attacks?

Half of the time "faggothomosexual123" is ``more secure'' than "thjodukd"

And then some of them actually use their shitty measurement to block you from registering/changing your password. The audacity.

How would a dictionary attack program know your password contains 2 dictionary words, all lower case, followed by a 3-digit number? It doesn't. It has to try all the possibilities.