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Remove my password from lists so hackers won't be able to hack me

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Re: Remove my password from lists so hackers won't be able to hack me

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Post by reificator »

Look, we all intuitively get that it's a bad idea and it is definitely funny. But honestly is it helping to make fun of the poor user rather than educate them as to why their password is on the list and the importance of secure password practices?

The security community I grew up with was welcoming and understanding, and it sparked an interest I never would have realized otherwise.

Re: Remove my password from lists so hackers won't be able to hack me

#3

Post by badosu »

reificator wrote: post #2

Look, we all intuitively get that it's a bad idea and it is definitely funny. But honestly is it helping to make fun of the poor user rather than educate them as to why their password is on the list and the importance of secure password practices? The security community I grew up with was welcoming and understanding, and it sparked an interest I never would have realized otherwise.

> But honestly is it helping to make fun of the poor user rather than educate them as to why their password is on the list and the importance of secure password practices?

I am not sure the issue poster really uses that password...

Re: Remove my password from lists so hackers won't be able to hack me

#6

Post by throwaway2016a »

reificator wrote: post #2

Look, we all intuitively get that it's a bad idea and it is definitely funny. But honestly is it helping to make fun of the poor user rather than educate them as to why their password is on the list and the importance of secure password practices? The security community I grew up with was welcoming and understanding, and it sparked an interest I never would have realized otherwise.

The user has a large number of GitHub commits and the technical knowledge needed to create a pull request probably exceeds the knowledge needed to know why this doesn't work...

I feel comfortable assuming the original PR is a joke.

Re: Remove my password from lists so hackers won't be able to hack me

#7

Post by reificator »

badosu wrote: post #3
reificator wrote: post #2

Look, we all intuitively get that it's a bad idea and it is definitely funny. But honestly is it helping to make fun of the poor user rather than educate them as to why their password is on the list and the importance of secure password practices? The security community I grew up with was welcoming and understanding, and it sparked an interest I never would have realized otherwise.

> But honestly is it helping to make fun of the poor user rather than educate them as to why their password is on the list and the importance of secure password practices? I am not sure the issue poster really uses that password...

Poe's law applies here of course, that's fair. Still...

Re: Remove my password from lists so hackers won't be able to hack me

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Post by reificator »

throwaway2016a wrote: post #6
reificator wrote: post #2

Look, we all intuitively get that it's a bad idea and it is definitely funny. But honestly is it helping to make fun of the poor user rather than educate them as to why their password is on the list and the importance of secure password practices? The security community I grew up with was welcoming and understanding, and it sparked an interest I never would have realized otherwise.

The user has a large number of GitHub commits and the technical knowledge needed to create a pull request probably exceeds the knowledge needed to know why this doesn't work... I feel comfortable assuming the original PR is a joke.

> the technical knowledge needed to create a pull request probably exceeds the knowledge needed to know why this doesn't work...

The plural of anecdote is not data, but I have first hand experience with someone who can make a pull request but doesn't understand password best practices at all.

Granted it might be because I taught them to make pull requests, but still...

I know people who wrote code for their thesis in Python but can't grasp why indentation matters. You'd be surprised by what people do and don't know.

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