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Re:UK government's password checker sends plaintext password... by yenoham on Wednesday June 04, 2014 @11:13AM (#7846009)
But their reasoning for not entering your real password into a checker is "...unlike this one, some may be fake"

Then they follow it up with "Why not get your family, friends and workmates to test their passwords too?"

And the placeholder in the input field is "Enter your password".

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