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PassCheck – Microsoft Vista password spellcheck?

Posted in Entertainment, Stupid, Tech by Derek at 7:40 pm
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Passwords are important little doo hickies. They protect your private files, documents, accounts settings, naked ex photographs, sexual journals, ect, ect. There a few critical things to remember when creating a password: create one that you think only you would know, use a combination of letters and numbers, and try to stay away from real words making it near impossible for dictionary attacks.

Now what if? What if the next time you entered a new password, your Windows operating system attempted to spellcheck your password? How secure would you feel about your operating system as a whole? Please note that there is no validity to this story…. I think? It is coming from BBspot.

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3 Responses to “PassCheck – Microsoft Vista password spellcheck?”

  1. Bob says:

    You /think/ there’s no validity? This is an obvious joke. Obvious.

  2. Derek says:

    @Bob: I know it’s an obvious joke. You have to admit that there are people out there that would believe in something like this though.

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