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kalleboo
on Sept 1, 2022
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Falsehoods programmers believe about email
And people forgetting caps lock down for their passwords is so common that many UIs actually show a little caps lock icon in there to warn you
vel0city
on Sept 1, 2022
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Some places even support the same password with inverted caps. So say, if your password was "passWORD", then "passWORD" and "PASSword" would work. If the first hash fails, they'll invert the case, re-hash, then check again.
fyvhbhn
on Sept 1, 2022
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