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This is slightly offtopic but I find the vulgar example passwords amusing. I used to use a lot of vulgar language in my code but when you have to commit it and other people (e.g. your supervisor) read it, you have to be more careful.


I find it especially amusing because "poop" and "butts" are my default "I need to enter some text here" strings.


This is why we have [foo, bar, baz, quux] and example.com though: https://www.iana.org/domains/reserved


God, I hate these, especially in API documentation. Come up with a simple example of how I might want to use your API. The relationship between fruit and bananas is much more clear than between foos and bazzes.


I recently had to expand my list and came up with:

    foo bar baz buz qux pip pop tut rof art uff dex dom zed


Except there's already foo, bar, baz, qux, quux, garply, waldo, fred, plugh, xyzzy, thud.

http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/F/foo.html


Same here except I go much more vulgar.

It's such a hard habit to break. Also, if I can name a character in a videogame, it's almost always Dickbutt.


I usually try to make my passwords obscene if I suspect that they're being stored in something that can be reverted back to plain text, or if I suspect that someone may force me to give it to them (e.g., clueless IT team).


If you're a fan of Abbott and Costello, and you believe someone might ask you for your password, try this one:

"I always forget, so I wrote it down."

A: What's your password?

B: "I always forget, so I wrote it down."

A: Where?

B: Where what?

A: Where did you write down your password?

B: I don't write down my password.

A: You just told me you did!

B: Why would I do that?

A: Because I was asking you for your password.

B: And I gave it to you.

A: Did you, or did you not, forget your password?

B: No.

A: So let's have it.

B: "I always forget, so I wrote it down."

A: Do you... ah... need to search your pockets?

B: Why?

A: To help you remember.

B: Remember what?

A: Your password.

B: No. It's very distinctive. I always remember it.


'------------...IsSomethingNobodyShouldHaveToRead', get as offensive as necessary and then include this 36-character salt. Like that?




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