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TheAmazingIdiot
on Nov 6, 2012
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Stolen Money on Gittip, Part 1
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".
reidmain
on Nov 6, 2012
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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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After all, hidden passwords are security through obscurity, and that's "just the wrong way".