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It also gave us the world’s greatest example of poorly thought through security practices. You can set a password on your Bob account. If you fail to enter the
by gjsman-1000 2y ago
It also gave us the world’s greatest example of poorly thought through security practices.
You can set a password on your Bob account. If you fail to enter the right password three times in a row, Microsoft Bob lets you reset the password, no further questions.
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- notnaut 2y agoWhat?? What was the point, even?
- tiahura 2y agoSo you knew your kids had been doing something they shouldn't.
- wongarsu 2y agoAnyone can get in, but nobody can get in without leaving evidence behind.
- chgs 2y agoTo get people used to passwords
- notnaut 2y agoThis seems most likely, I guess? A username without a password would suit for leaving a trace?
- ok123456 2y agoIt was meant to personalize settings on the family computer, not be Orange Book compliant.
- p_ing 2y agoIt was a shell atop of Windows 3.x on a FAT16-formatted drive. Like 9x, the user account was only for personalization, not security.