The April Fools joke that might have got me fired

Re:The April Fools joke that might have got me fired by actionfromafar on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @08:02AM (#43545732)

Everybody else but you sees the stars, but not you because you are logged in to your account.

To me your message appears as:

    *******

    edit: hey that doesnt look like stars to me

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Re:The April Fools joke that might have got me fired by jjbinx007 on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @08:08AM (#43545770)

That's why I always set my password as 8 asterisks - that way when my password gets leaked the hackers still think it's encrypted.

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Re:The April Fools joke that might have got me fired by johnisgood on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @08:29AM (#43545958)

Makes sense! Thanks for the tip.

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Re:The April Fools joke that might have got me fired by selimthegrim on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @03:34PM (#43550567)

Bash.org salutes you.

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Re:The April Fools joke that might have got me fired by johnisgood on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @04:36PM (#43551069)

I just don't understand why he would tell us how many asterisks he's using, I will try 16 for extra security. You can never be sure these days!

(BTW I love bash.org!)

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Re:The April Fools joke that might have got me fired by colejohnson66 on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @08:06AM (#43545754)

You can go hunter2 my hunter2-ing hunter2

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