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Re:Irish police to be given powers over passwords by jagger27 on Monday June 14, 2021 @11:23AM (#27503678)
I find it somewhat disconcerting that my fingers remember my passwords better than my brain does!
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Re:Irish police to be given powers over passwords by dkersten on Monday June 14, 2021 @11:49AM (#27504041)
Muscle memory still happens in the brain. A better description might be unconscious memory. I believe the proper term is "procedural memory". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procedural_memory
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