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by kibwen 13 days ago
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
Yes, the bash.org IRC archive archive is hilarious:

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

Joke's on you, now I know your password is 7 chars, but more importantly, I also know your password is not 7 stars.
It's seven 7s, but I've never told anyone the order, so it's safe.
hunter2 my hunter2!
*********

Oh yeah! Neat.

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…
bollocks that doesn't work

proof of pudding: *******