Comment by kibwen
6 hours ago
Nice try, but our password is the same as the password to my HN account, and for security HN automatically censors your password if you type it in a comment. See: *******
6 hours ago
Nice try, but our password is the same as the password to my HN account, and for security HN automatically censors your password if you type it in a comment. See: *******
For any Hacker News users not aware of this security policy, it’s documented at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38502985
Yes, the bash.org IRC archive archive is hilarious:
https://web.archive.org/web/20230620135556/http://bash.org/?...
Joke's on you, now I know your password is 7 chars, but more importantly, I also know your password is not 7 stars.
hunter2 my hunter2!
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Oh yeah! Neat.
This thread just gave me a pang of nostalgia. I think the first time I saw this interaction was in an AOL chat room, or maybe an early MUD. I miss the good old silly internet…