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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by reddalo on Friday November 13, 2026 @03:11AM (#50480004)
>Lotus Domino

Oh, the memories. That login screen with the changing hieroglyphics [1] is forever burned into my mind.

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20080220070921/http://lotusnotes...

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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by cowlevel on Friday November 13, 2026 @03:58AM (#50480387)
> The hierglyphics on the left of the dialog box are supposed to distract someone who is peering over your shoulder trying to learn your password as you type.

lmao... but is it actually random or is it a hash of your password to make sure you typed it correctly?

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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by j16sdiz on Friday November 13, 2026 @04:32AM (#50480711)
iirc, its a hash with server secret. The idea was you can tell if the dialog is the real one, not just some look-the-same dialog from random malware
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Re:Outlook is down, and so is Microsoft's status page by nycdotnet on Friday November 13, 2026 @03:18PM (#50489066)
email is red until it’s read, and then it’s not red anymore.
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