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Re:“Username or password is incorrect” is bullshit by dboreham on Friday December 22, 2017 @11:14AM (#15988483)
This is why it is common practice to require the user to enter their email address twice in forms.
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Re:“Username or password is incorrect” is bullshit by Wofiel on Friday December 22, 2017 @12:44PM (#15989334)
Thank heavens we never invented copy and paste, would certainly make this more of an issue.
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Re:“Username or password is incorrect” is bullshit by dboreham on Friday December 22, 2017 @01:37PM (#15989765)
Apparently the set of users who don't know how to type their own email and the set who know how to use copy/paste are non-overlapping.
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