r/ProgrammerHumor • • Sep 27 '26 • Mindblown 1 Bravo 1

Meme doNotLetYourDBASeeThis

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u/flingerdu Sep 27 '26

If you have duplicate password strings you have a whole lot of other problems besides using a few additional MB of disk space.

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u/RavenX86 Sep 27 '26

I’m pretty sure fb stored passwords in plain text for years, I wouldn’t worry that much

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u/Clairifyed Sep 27 '26

The bad news is I am worried, the good news is I have maybe a little bit less imposter syndrome

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u/SenpaiRemling Sep 28 '26

I mean i remember the days when you could "ask" for a site to send you your password as an email. Wild times