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stux⚡

Username: username
Password: password

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Reino 🍋

@stux the first time I learned about usernames and passwords (september '83), our teacher said we should pick a password that we can remember (so we wouldn't have to write it down).

We asked him for his password (of course).
He said: my password is secret.

It took us a couple of days to find out that he really meant "secret".

Mr. Bruno :antiverified:

@stux By the way, what is your credit card number?

Colin Cogle :verified:

@stux "What do you use for MFA?" "Oh, I only have an associates degree."

Alexander Knochel

@stux Total beginners mistake. What you do is

Username: "password"
Password: "username"

Safe.

clacke: exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛

@quantensalat @stux My Polish colleague: "my password is asdf1234, but you'll never be able to remember my username"

Joke's on you, Zbigniew, ten years later I can still spell both your name and Krzysztof's. 😃

HTTP 1.1/418 Teapot

@stux The excellent "Ted Lasso" had an episode with this:
Jamie: It's so stupid. I should have been more careful. I should have picked a stronger password or something.
Keeley: Oh, no. Don't tell me your password was "password," Jamie.
Jamie: Yeah. Well, to be fair, I did think I'd fool 'em 'cause I spelled it with two S's.
lassoism.com/Ted-Lasso-quote.p

lassoism.comTed Lasso - Keeley: Jamie, this is not your fault. Jamie: No, it... it is my fault. And let... Let me just... I just need to tell you. I deleted it off my phone way back when we broke up. I deleted everything. I mean, not straightaway, 'cause... (stammers) ...I did think that you and me was maybe gonna get back together again. But then you started going out with Roy, and that's when I deleted most of it. Well, like, half. But that was mostly out of anger, to be honest. Because, well... (stammers)...I think... I thought the only reason that the two of you was going out was to make me jealous. But... Uh... (inhales deeply) Then I saw it was real, and then... Then I... then I got rid of it all. I just forgot about the f?cking emails. It's so stupid. I should have been more careful. I should have picked a stronger password or something. Keeley: Oh, no. Don't tell me your password was 'password,' Jamie. Jamie: Yeah. Well, to be fair, I did think I'd fool 'em 'cause I spelled it with two S's.Ted Lasso - Keeley: Jamie, this is not your fault. Jamie: No, it... it is my fault. And let... Let me just... I just need to tell you. I deleted it off my phone way back when we broke up. I deleted everything. I mean, not straightaway, 'cause... (stammers) ...I did think that you and me was maybe gonna get back together again. But then you started going out with Roy, and that's when I deleted most of it. Well, like, half. But that was mostly out of anger, to be honest. Because, well... (stammers)...I think... I thought the only reason that the two of you was going out was to make me jealous. But... Uh... (inhales deeply) Then I saw it was real, and then... Then I... then I got rid of it all. I just forgot about the f?cking emails. It's so stupid. I should have been more careful. I should have picked a stronger password or something. Keeley: Oh, no. Don't tell me your password was 'password,' Jamie. Jamie: Yeah. Well, to be fair, I did think I'd fool 'em 'cause I spelled it with two S's.
sj_zero
"kids these days are so great with technology!"
delProfundo

@stux and that’s why we can’t have nice things

Jargoggles

@stux
This is why I cleverly throw would-be hackers off the trail with this clever combo:

Username: password
Password: username

stux⚡

@jargoggles I'm super mega super sure those combo's are in each basic wordlist :blobcatgiggle:

Jargoggles

@stux
Yeah, but they don't expect it in that order 🧏

a.d. 🗽🇺🇸

@stux .. would it be easy to get her in bed as well? .. I mean really .. come on lady. 🙄🙄

Alyssa🏳️‍⚧️

@stux the power of social engineering.

CyclesSmiles

@stux I understand her choice of password, she really has trouble to get hold of the blood of a virgin.

Jo ♀️🐈🐈‍⬛🛍️🌛🥂

@stux People need to learn to answer questions like this: It's None Of Your Business 🤪💩

xs4me2

@stux

Sigh...

Well, it's what they call social engineering, but this one was too easy.... ;)

GJ Groothedde 🇪🇺

@xs4me2
This is in fact precisely how easy it often IS.
@stux

xs4me2

@Eetschrijver @stux

Well known tricks: befriend, chitchat, and let them talk...

And in the end 90% make obvious choices, names of pets, loved ones, easily rememberable dates... etc etc...

Admin Admin... sigh...

GJ Groothedde 🇪🇺

@xs4me2
You'd be surprised at the number of people whose phone id is actually 0000. My uncle, many years ago, thought he was really smart by using 'password' as his password ANYWHERE. They'll never guess THAT, he bellowed. Sure. 🤷
@stux

xs4me2

@Eetschrijver @stux Yeah, I know the 0000 ;)

The 2 factor authentication nowadays makes it much safer, but also (much) more annoying...

GJ Groothedde 🇪🇺

@xs4me2
It's well known that many people will skip annoying stuff.
@stux

xs4me2

@Eetschrijver @stux

Also!

But for (my) work, for "official" tooling and logon to company network it's mandatory...

And monthly changes to the PWDs...

And then there are cheat sheets.... (writing them doing)...

Landa :graz:

@xs4me2 @stux not all engineering problems are very difficult 😂

xs4me2

@Landa @stux

That´s because they are not actually engineering ;)

Landa :graz:

@xs4me2 I don’t know.
As I grow experienced in this job, I started to understand that sometimes a little white hat social engineering is the best engineering solution available 😂

Barbara Wagner

@stux The Helpdesk Admin once reset my password for the Mailaccount: Test1234.
It worked for several years because I had no rights to reset the password by myself. 🥴

Lord Caramac the Clueless, KSC

@stux What happened to making up nonsensical funny dada poems, then taking the first letter of each word and all the punctuation, and throwing in a few numbers? As long as you can remember the poem, you can remember the password. But you never recite the poem in public, of course - just make up a new one on the spot to teach other people this method.

Sean C.

@stux social engineering at its best

😻🇨🇦MimzyDub🇨🇦😻

@stux oh, brother!! She just didn't clue in. *shakes head* 🥴😖🤦🏻‍♀️🤔

Rose Nicolle 🃏 (She/her)

@stux a bunch of my exes know my basic password. I dont use it for important stuff though. None of them have ever signed into the stuff I use that password for, like, oh I dunno, the online store where I bought my hair dye. LOL Random logins like that.

Patrick Schmitz

@stux at least she didn't tell for what account this password is.

Heidi 🇳🇱🇪🇺

@stux Gelukkig dit keer is geen dom blondje maar een domme brunette. 😆

Doug Whitfield [Minneapolis]

@clacke @stux @janvenetor i don't know what other people took from it, but I say if you aren't playing Salt-N-Pepa's "Push It" 24/7 egging you on to deploy your code, are you really living?

dave-ïnïtïv 🥵

@stux @giant_awake Ich bin gerade mit admin / admin an einem ArtNET-Interface gescheitert. Richtig war: Admin / Admin. 👆

Simon

@stux Just a normal human. Not her fault.

LillyLyle/Count Melancholia

@stux Could all that Botox between her eyebrows be paralysing her brain?

MFierst

@stux
She is misleading us, I am sure of it. Definitely. She is providing false information. 😄 🙄 😬

podkaynelives for 🌷

@stux True story: I had to help someone log in once and their password was: passw0rdz. 🤯

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