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		abledon on Oct 6, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft suspends Windows 10 update, citing data ... Well apple had that empty password bug on one release, everyone makes a mistake once in a while

josefx on Oct 6, 2018 [–]

Microsoft already had its own empty password bug for the Xbox login. A badly placed trim call let you input a password consisting only of whitespace and it would pass as long as it had the correct length.

cududa on Oct 7, 2018 | [–]

That’s nowhere near as bad as the sfrinentioned macOS big.

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