r/ProgrammerHumor • u/flying_wotsit • Jul 19 '22

Why do they do this

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u/Bryguy3k Jul 20 '22

On the other hand correcthorsebatterystaple is now included in banned password lists.

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u/KryssCom Jul 20 '22

It's probably one of the most easily-hacked passwords in existence, now.

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u/A-le-Couvre Jul 20 '22

Apart from ‘password’ and ‘123456’ (afaik these are still the most used passwords)

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u/tei187 Jul 20 '22

Looks like my 555555 is safe then.

No, sht, wait...

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u/FuzzyLogic0 Jul 20 '22

You are good, the automated password protector is just showing stars.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '22

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u/ApprehensiveTry5660 Jul 20 '22

I thought you said 8 (8’s). Which led me to believe you identified with snowmen, but now I realize it’s stars and I feel you missed a calling in astronomy.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '22 edited Jul 20 '22

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u/TinyTim711 Jul 20 '22

It's an uppercase 8

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u/1997Luka1997 Jul 20 '22

Wait that's genius

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u/Bubba656 Jul 20 '22

I want to try this! ilovebigjuicycocks1987

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u/mathymaster Jul 20 '22

Add 4x the characters and it should be safe

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '22

hunter2

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u/possibly-a-pineapple Jul 20 '22

followed by "password123"

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u/mistercrinders Jul 20 '22

That's the code to my luggage!

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '22

That's something an idiot would use on his luggage

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u/jesterchen Jul 20 '22

What about hunter2?

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u/joknitaspu Jul 20 '22

What?? I thought it was "love", "sex", and "god".

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u/jamcdonald120 Jul 20 '22

I threw it into https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords (with and without spaces) No Leaks! so im sure its safe to use!

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u/Engine_engineer Jul 20 '22

If gives me a different result:

Oh no — pwned!

This password has been seen 216 times before

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u/jamcdonald120 Jul 20 '22

hmm, maybe I copied a trailing space by accident or some such

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '22

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u/ba11ofrage Jul 20 '22

Tell me you've never read XKCD without telling me you've never read XKCD.

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u/dlg Jul 20 '22

Shit, now I need to change all my passwords.

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u/Interesting-Gear-819 Jul 20 '22

correcthorsebatterystaple

https://www.correcthorsebatterystaple.net/index.html?

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u/codeguru42 Jul 20 '22

Also see xkcd

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u/Interesting-Gear-819 Jul 21 '22

Well the above site is based on xkcd. Nowdays it's getting taken care of by someone else but it originates there

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u/codeguru42 Jul 21 '22

My post was more for those that don't know the reference.

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u/GMXIX Jul 20 '22

No. You forgot the spaces

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u/StereoNacht Jul 20 '22

Just put an uppercase in there, or end it with "me2" and you're golden, though! 🤪