Mutual assured destruction. It works!
this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2023
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I can't read what you wrote I see only *******
Yep, can confirm, that’s the most secure password, and using it is a pretty fundamental infosec standard practice
Why?
Hey how'd you get your username to be *******?
Because itd the only password that is immune from the auto-obfuscation most websites have. If you write your password it will detect it and replace it with stars, normally
Some site should actually implement this😂
I've thought about implementing a message like this when you try to sign up with a very weak password. Never did though.
Would get kinda slow/expensive unless you're storing passwords in plaintext
I would have the common passwords stored in a separate table in plain text then use the faker library to generate the password buddies
420/10 security