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by mlex 1811 days ago
I think there might be a misunderstanding here.

Author isn’t saying “password = hunter2, guess = hunter3, hint = you got the number wrong”

It’s more like “guess = hunter3, hint = passwords must be at least 10 characters”

You’re not revealing anything about the actual password that you wouldn’t know by reading the password rules on the registration page.