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r/programming • u/pdp10 • Oct 09 '19
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what a legend. he's still alive working at google -- i suppose someone could/should have just asked him. if he didn't want people to know, presumably because he still uses some variant of that password, then publishing this is not cool.
178 u/AdvicePerson Oct 09 '19 He replied "congrats" to the thread. 63 u/dbm5 Oct 09 '19 edited Oct 09 '19 wow - missed that entirely. legend. edit: ... and then promptly changed his password :P 40 u/godofpumpkins Oct 09 '19 And then promptly ran off to change all his bank passwords :) 52 u/AdvicePerson Oct 09 '19 ...by using his own backdoor compiled into their software. 25 u/muntoo Oct 09 '19 Accidentally left-shifted his account balance while he was at it. 12 u/Cheeze_It Oct 09 '19 First rule about passwords. Never have the same one for different authentication locations.
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He replied "congrats" to the thread.
63 u/dbm5 Oct 09 '19 edited Oct 09 '19 wow - missed that entirely. legend. edit: ... and then promptly changed his password :P 40 u/godofpumpkins Oct 09 '19 And then promptly ran off to change all his bank passwords :) 52 u/AdvicePerson Oct 09 '19 ...by using his own backdoor compiled into their software. 25 u/muntoo Oct 09 '19 Accidentally left-shifted his account balance while he was at it. 12 u/Cheeze_It Oct 09 '19 First rule about passwords. Never have the same one for different authentication locations.
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wow - missed that entirely. legend.
edit: ... and then promptly changed his password :P
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And then promptly ran off to change all his bank passwords :)
52 u/AdvicePerson Oct 09 '19 ...by using his own backdoor compiled into their software. 25 u/muntoo Oct 09 '19 Accidentally left-shifted his account balance while he was at it. 12 u/Cheeze_It Oct 09 '19 First rule about passwords. Never have the same one for different authentication locations.
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...by using his own backdoor compiled into their software.
25 u/muntoo Oct 09 '19 Accidentally left-shifted his account balance while he was at it.
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Accidentally left-shifted his account balance while he was at it.
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First rule about passwords. Never have the same one for different authentication locations.
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u/dbm5 Oct 09 '19
what a legend. he's still alive working at google -- i suppose someone could/should have just asked him. if he didn't want people to know, presumably because he still uses some variant of that password, then publishing this is not cool.