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0 pointsTheAmazingIdiot13y ago0 comments

Since your HN password is obscure, how bouts you publicise it here?

After all, hidden passwords are security through obscurity, and that's "just the wrong way".

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True, it is the wrong way. Ideally there would be a better system for this kind of thing. It is the reason why physical authenticators and two phase authentication are becoming more popular.

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