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		irrelative on May 31, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why you shoud never use your favorite password on ... Seriously, this isn't your bank account... what if someone breaks in and steals all your karma! I'm surprised that the crowd here would even blink when hearing this. cperciva is right with his rhetorical question: this shouldn't be news to anyone, especially hackers.

jacobbijani on May 31, 2008 [–]

Looks like the point of the post was more to not use the same password you use here as on other sites, and less to worry about your HN account getting hacked.

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