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by fdztbgrstnhrt 1377 days ago
> I'll keep using passwords, thanks.

> If you are using passwords THAT YOU CAN REMEMBER WITHOUT YOUR PHONE then I assume it's pretty basic and insecure.

> Presenting this as a choice between using Apple's closed solution or using EASY-TO-REMEMBER passwords is disingenuous.

All caps to indicate how sbuk changed the meaning of what mort96 said.

The dichotomy was between using using Apple's solution and using passwords. Deciding the latter must mean using easy to remember passwords and not acknowledging the existence of password managers and complex password generators is at best ignorance or forgetfulness and at worst dishonesty.

Unlike mort96, I didn't automatically assume dishonesty, but sbuk posted this in response to mort96's accusation:

> You have been equally as disingenuous and based on your responses, acted in bad faith from the beginning in a bid to start a flamewar. How what you are doing is anything but basic bullying is beyond me.

This implies that they were aware of what they were doing and, rather than call mort96 out on what they believed to be an attempt at a flamewar, decided to contribute to it by deliberately altering the meaning of mort96's message.

I believe mort96 and sbuk were both accusatory and rude, but what sbuk appears to have done would be worse in my view. Rather than just assume the worst of who I'm communicating with, I'd rather give them the benefit of the doubt by inquiring for more information, attempting to inform, or possibly explaining how I interpreted a passage.