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That's a great idea. What do you use as your family password?
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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: *******
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For any Hacker News users not aware of this security policy, it’s documented at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38502985
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Yes, the bash.org IRC archive archive is hilarious:

https://web.archive.org/web/20230620135556/http://bash.org/?...

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Joke's on you, now I know your password is 7 chars, but more importantly, I also know your password is not 7 stars.
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hunter2 my hunter2!
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*********

Oh yeah! Neat.

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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…
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Nice try.
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Hey "nice try" is my family password too!
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