Comment on OP finds vulnerability where a forum sends you your password in plaintext over email and everyone misses the forest for the trees

• sekhat@lemmy.temporus.me ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’d be more worried if someone who uses the internet to such a degree that they use Lemmy over Reddit, on a programming forum, didn’t get the reference. This is famous hacker lore at this point.

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  • NightAuthor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Can you be worried for me, and fill me in?

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    • Spellinbee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      This will explain it for you.

      knowyourmeme.com/memes/hunter2

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      • NightAuthor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Oh, I’ve seen people do that crap on RuneScape back in the day. Not sure I’ve ever seen the meme though.

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