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cubesnooper 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: OpenSSH introduces options to penalize undesirable...

I’ve seen lots of passwords accidentally typed into an IRC window. Never seen that happen with an SSH key.

arp242 4 months ago [–]

I heard that if you type your password in HN it will automatically get replaced by all stars.

My password is **********

See: it works! Try it!

julesallen 4 months ago | [–]

So if I type hunter2 you see ****?

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