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This is slightly offtopic but I find the vulgar example passwords amusing. I used to use a lot of vulgar language in my code but when you have to commit it and
by Kenji 12y ago
This is slightly offtopic but I find the vulgar example passwords amusing. I used to use a lot of vulgar language in my code but when you have to commit it and other people (e.g. your supervisor) read it, you have to be more careful.
- pavel_lishin 12y agoI usually try to make my passwords obscene if I suspect that they're being stored in something that can be reverted back to plain text, or if I suspect that someone may force me to give it to them (e.g., clueless IT team).
- ics 12y ago'------------...IsSomethingNobodyShouldHaveToRead', get as offensive as necessary and then include this 36-character salt. Like that?
- logfromblammo 12y agoIf you're a fan of Abbott and Costello, and you believe someone might ask you for your password, try this one: "I always forget, so I wrote it down." A: What's your password? B: "I always forget, so I wrote it down." A: Where? B: Where what? A: Where did you write down your password? B: I don't write down my password. A: You just told me you did! B: Why would I do that? A: Because I was asking you for your password. B: And I gave it to you. A: Did you, or did you not, forget your password? B: No. A: So let's have it. B: "I always forget, so I wrote it down." A: Do you... ah... need to search your pockets? B: Why? A: To help you remember. B: Remember what? A: Your password. B: No. It's very distinctive. I always remember it.
- jkubicek 12y agoI find it especially amusing because "poop" and "butts" are my default "I need to enter some text here" strings.
- seanp2k2 12y agoThis is why we have [foo, bar, baz, quux] and example.com though: https://www.iana.org/domains/reserved https://www.iana.org/domains/reserved
- caipre 12y agoI recently had to expand my list and came up with: foo bar baz buz qux pip pop tut rof art uff dex dom zed
- juliangregorian 12y agoExcept there's already foo, bar, baz, qux, quux, garply, waldo, fred, plugh, xyzzy, thud. http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/F/foo.html http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/F/foo.html
- coldpie 12y agoGod, I hate these, especially in API documentation. Come up with a simple example of how I might want to use your API. The relationship between fruit and bananas is much more clear than between foos and bazzes.
- busterarm 12y agoSame here except I go much more vulgar. It's such a hard habit to break. Also, if I can name a character in a videogame, it's almost always Dickbutt.