[ferngodfather]

That's a great idea. What do you use as your family password?

[kibwen]

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: *******

[Anthony-G]

For any Hacker News users not aware of this security policy, it’s documented at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38502985

[FabHK]

Yes, the bash.org IRC archive archive is hilarious:

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

[spiddy]

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

[spwa4]

It's seven 7s, but I've never told anyone the order, so it's safe.

[TonyTrapp]

hunter2 my hunter2!

[alienbaby]

*********

Oh yeah! Neat.

[pixelready]

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…

[red-iron-pine]

bollocks that doesn't work

proof of pudding: *******

[root-parent]

Nice try.

[kirubakaran]

Hey "nice try" is my family password too!