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Comment Password Hints (Score 1) 390

It's funny--the sites that offer this functionality force you to use a password hint, and usually force you to use a premade question that are not very difficult to guess, especially by somebody who knows you well. What's my middle name? Oh no, I hope some "1337 hax0r" doesn't crack that enigma. If you want to make sure your question doesn't get guessed by somebody other than yourself or an authorized person, you usually need to include a munge or answer a completely different question than the one listed. After going through all that, it's usually just easier to remember the password you created in the first place.

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