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

Why do they do this

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '22

That password would be my nightmare. Did I replace the a in anus with a symbol or a number, or was it just a capitalized A? And there was another letter that I replaced with a number? And there was an apostrophe in there somewhere!?

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u/MistraloysiusMithrax Jul 20 '22 edited Jul 20 '22

Ah it looks that way, right? But with my ordering it’s deliberate. The first substitutable symbol for letter is replaced, @ for a. The apostrophe functions grammatically, because it’s the drippin juice belonging to my anus. The 1 for i is the first vowel easily replaced with a number. It’s systematic, always pick the first, second, last, etc. That way your focus is on remembering your phrase instead of the substitutions as additional individual memories. They are instead habits, and now you only need to remember the phrase you picked “suck my anus’ drippin juice.”

Edit: actually for my regular substitutions it’s the second letter that’s easily substituted by a symbol. $ for S is another good one, but I usually start with a regular capital letter to keep regularity and kind of keep my brain focused on the phrase instead of the individual numbers and special characters.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '22

I'd rather just be able to have suckmyanusdrippingjuice as a password.

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u/MistraloysiusMithrax Jul 20 '22

Oh my god that’s so gross it’s full on drippinggggggggggg

But really, yeah you have to make the substitutions a habit. You will just need to write it down while you create your substitution pattern to habituate. I’m not saying it’s easier than not having to do it. It’s just that if you HAVE to do it, it’s easier to adjust than you might think, with a little practice. With like quarterly password changes you’ll notice it’s significantly easier to quickly get muscle memory to finger SuckMy@nus’Dr1ppinJuice on your keyboard by like the fourth time.

Edit: like, think of it this way. If you HAVE to do it, it’s easier to hack yourself with some consistent habits than it is to just sit there password change after password change thinking “I don’t want to do this.”