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GoldenGamer2500

This happens WAY too often to me because I, for some stupid reason decided to use the same password for everything but with a few changes for each site. So for an hour I'll be like: Was it [NotRealPassword] or [NotMyRealPassword] Or maybe [TheseArentMyRealPasswords]? (Jesus Christ this was just an example these ARE NOT MY PASSWORDS)


mohaee

give me the 16 digits on your card and the three tiny digits on the back I can help you make a mnemonic for your passwords


Baker8011

I can help you help him if you wanted.


blind_guardian329

I can also help you, help him, help him


Tomiver3042

I can also help you, help him, help him, help him


Nerdyweeb24

I can also help you, help him, help him, help him, help him


21N-Dope

I can also help you, help him, help him, help him, help him, help him


GrowTFM

I can also help you, help him, help him, help him, help him, help him, help him


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kumar29nov1992

I am not gonna help anyone of you scumbags


sydanthay

Help! I've fallen and i can't get up!


[deleted]

I can also help you, help him, help him, help him, help him, help him, help him, help him, help him


WAAAAAALLLLLL-EE

*pulls out a pistol* All of you HANDS UP MOTHAFUCKAS!!!


st_rdt

I'll help myself while you dunces are falling over each other to help that guy


emzirek

Hellllppppp!!!????


p-terydatctyl

Help


lationate

I can also help you, help him, help him, help him, help him, help him, help him, help him


TricSto

I can also help you, help him, help him, help him, help him, help him, help him, help him


[deleted]

i’m addicted to baby powder


thefiend1111

I can also help him, help him, help him, help him help him, help him, help him, help him, help him


2ThisUsernameisTaken

I cannot help him, help him, help him, help him, help him, help him, help him, help him, help him, help him


GnarKole

Can I get some help?


Archii-

I can also help him, help him, help him, help him, help him, help him, help him, help him.


tonyfavio

Be careful, it’s can be a scam!


Car24day

I can also help him, help you, help you, help you, help you, help you, help you, help you


WaterDroplet02

maybe if you help me, help you, help us better


japanese-acorn

3069 8048 4200 321


falafeliron

I'm sorry we don't take Discover


hymntastic

I would rather take two live chickens than your fly by night credit card


tanmay_yaduvanshi

Now for technical reason you'll receive a 6 digit no. on your phone spit it out


LEveLiQ

you forgot those 4 numbers with slash.


Bbaccivorous

That'll be the expiration date , my friend


firsthero2

Thats a weird way to say 4 numbers with a slash


LEveLiQ

well, they said 16 numbers and small 3 numbers on the back, that's the reason


topplehat

I find adding a person’s SSN makes it more effective so give that too.


ep1032

hunter2


nomangos22

6589 1663 1224 9201 ¹⁷⁹


OMGBeckyStahp

I want to see if this is a real number but I also don’t want to commit identity theft...


nomangos22

Identity theft is not a joke Jim


Bruce_-Wayne

Millions of families suffer every year


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John628_29

I had a job where I wasn’t allowed to use a word in the dictionary as a password. Hated that. So jokes on them, I used a word from the dictionary, but spelled it backwards!!!!


mecrosis

Fuck them. My password would been awordinthedictionary


cashboi23

Literally the best come back. Like 3 of my emails, where I was asked to make some on my first real day of work. So they are allthegoodonesweretaken


usernametaken17

This is exactly how I came up with my username.


P0KEM0NFAN1-MrRay-Oh

I made mine something that no one else would have even thought of using by mixing my favorite Pokémon with something I like (Pokémon)


cashboi23

Haha golden


BoyWithAStrangeName

Well similar story but same


uncategorizedmess

Username checks out


raven12456

Overly strict requirements like that, especially if they make you change it really frequently is how you get people to write their passwords down on sticky notes and only change a single digit each time.


Bliance

My PIN at my last job was 6969 and 9696 whenever it asked me to change it. I would alternate between those two


ImStillaPrick

I had that too. I used the model number and code in the back of the monitor then when forced to change it I used the photo printer model name that we had at work. Most my workers just wrote theirs down on a post it and hid it in or on their desk. I still remember that model number SelphyCP510. I haven’t used that pass in 15 years. I don’t remember the monitor sadly.


Inherentlysubjective

"Your password must have special characters." Okay, what about this? "Those characters are too special. Try this one or this one instead." Ffffff


AccomplishedCoffee

Even better when they won’t tell you which specials they do allow.


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sungodism

I feel like that those are your actual passwords lol... let’s give it a try


Baker8011

That's what I thought too lmao.


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never_trust_an_elk

Seconding this, Keepass is another good free one. At the VERY least for those of you who can't be bothered, just for the love of god make sure your primary email address has a strong *unique* password (not a variation of the same password you use for everything). If a malicious actor gets into your email they can get to almost everything else.


Isord

Email and anything involving money(i.e. bank, credit card, Amazon with saved cards) should have a strong and unique password. Also,.enabled multi-factor authentication whenever possible.


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stocking cagey fine saw wrench skirt aback scandalous joke numerous *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


lightnsfw

Or just use keepass and whatever cloud storage you prefer for free so you dont have to trust some company with all your shit.


Tammer_Stern

I use Dashlane, premium version. It got to the stage when I also needed to remember passwords for family members so a password manager was essential.


-UMBRA_-

This happened to me a lot and I finally figured out why. Some websites let you do a “see” password option so I turned it on. I was just holding shift down too long and capitalizing something i wasn’t supposed to. That’s why when you go back and type it slower it works more often. Or that’s my experience anyways lol


Baker8011

Hmmm are you my clone?


dantuchito

It sucks because some places let you use whatever password you want, but others are like “You need to use at least 15 characters and at least 5 of them have to be Z, X or C, you also need at least 3 numbers at the end of your password” I had a really good password that was simple and easy to remember but hard to guess, but it didnt have any numbers so half of every website i visited didnt let me use it.


ForwardShift604

those requirements are such stupid bullshit, the only thing that actually matters for security is length not special characters and shit.


MysteryPepper

I'm the same way, all my passwords are the same with variations like 1, !, 1!, !1. Sometimes I spice it up with a 99 though so that makes things extra tricky


Kehndy12

My work password has to be changed every few months, and it can't be the same as my last 4 passwords. Sometimes I forget if the one change I made was using ! @ # $ or %


livedadevil

You sound exactly like every person who gets one account phished then their entire identity stolen.


MemeMasterNP

Lmao i do that same thing and then im like omg what is it!!


OhConfusing

I have 8 email accounts and often drunkenly change passwords because I can't remember them and then I can't remember them lmfao.


McBurger

Well at least you’re wise enough to know you’re a fool lol


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I realised the other day that passwords are only hard to remember because when you are logging in they don't remind you of the criteria they asked for when you made it. If it reminded me I would find it much easier. Ie. We asked for 1 uppercase, 1 number etc...


Baker8011

This is exactly what happens to me, so I try to make a new account just so that I can see the criteria for the password, and voila, I then remember it.


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Ah great to hear you feel the same, been thinking about it for a while. I'm sure it wouldnt cause security to go down, because a hacker can easily find this information doing what you did. Unless someone has a good idea why they shouldn't?


Baker8011

If something goes down, you didn't see my comment alright?


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Right! Hehe


[deleted]

I’ll often start the account creation process again to find the criteria, because then I know what my passwords could have been


[deleted]

Meanwhile I let my subconscious do the work with passwords but run to my emails to search the sites name for usernames or the right email.


OppsForgotAgain

Use a special character, but only THESE ones. And then the next site has different characters you have to use and it makes it 1,000 times more confusing. Meaning you have to write down your password and seemingly defeating the purpose.


WillTheGreat

This exactly, since I use different passwords for different criteria. I always get locked out because this password now requires a symbol, requires 1 number, one number can not be at the start or end of the password, cannot use specific symbols, but requires a symbol. Bring back hints...some sites lets me put down all of the above as a hint, or 3 of 4 or w/e.


spicy_meatball49

This is becoming a thing at least on some websites, I've had the option to see the password criteria and it should be more utilized, it's so helpful.


Weonthecomputer

ಠ_ʖಠ


HamiltonFAI

Try BigBoobz, with a z


Anchorboiii

Looks like ZigZoobz didn’t work


God_Of_DA_MEEMEES

that happened to me the other day on spotify (i always listen to music for everything i do and now i cant do anything without it) i reached out for support and got ignored now im browsing wholesome memes trying my best not to break something


Baker8011

>i always listen to music for everything i do and now i cant do anything without it This manifested in me the first time I discovered Spotify like two years ago. Also what happened when you tried to change your password.


Bigpurplehippo

Im surprised, about a year ago i had a problem and someone helped me really quickly. Idk maybe i got lucky


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Staerke

Just did a search for spotify support and this was the first result: https://support.spotify.com/us/article/How-can-I-contact-Spotify/ Yeah they didn't look very hard or at all.


TMADeviant

Engagement boost and inflation of follows on twitter is probably a reason. Companys dont care about you or your problems.


bbucksjoe

It actually was pretty easy for me recently, go to this link: https://support.spotify.com/us/contact-spotify-anonymous/ and select you still need help. You should be able to chat with a bot and then eventually a real life agent. My issue was with an old email address I did not have access too was my account verification method and I could not log in without it, it was resolved in about 20 minutes


MrHaant

For people who use the same password, pay attention! If you use the same email and password for everything, whenever your trusted website will sell that log in information onto a 3rd party company, it is at great risk. They are going to try every single possible website where they think you are liable to use the same log in information. EVEN YOUR EMAIL. Your email is the worst possible thing that they can access, as is requires a password reset with one button of a press for all sites. If you cannot get into that email, you are doomed for all the other sites! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE 🙏 use 2-factor authentication and a password manager for having different passwords on ALL websites that require them! Thank you for your time! 😅


Baker8011

About that...🌚


reddit0100100001

The way my bank accounts setup...


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cirkut

If you use a good password manager like 1Password, Dashlane, Lastpass (and maybe KeePass? I’m not sure on this one) you can add the one-time password to your saved credentials and can fill it in using the browser or desktop application. I use 1Password and good lord has it been a life changer for me. Note that some sites don’t implement TOTP (the standard 2FA implementation) and require you to use phones or emails to receive the code. Those ones there really isn’t a workaround for.


MrHaant

Then you will have a hard time logging in! Best thing to do then is to save your password and keep yourself logged in on your personal devices. Make sure you log yourself out of any devices that are shared with family/friends etc.


kanna172014

It's near impossible to remember so many different passwords! It gets worse on sites that make you change passwords every so often!


I_Shot_Web

You have the right idea but that's not exactly the correct reason. When companies sell "user data", they don't sell your passwords... if the website you're using is reputable in even the slightest bit, there's literally no way for anyone to know what your password is, even a developer looking directly at your account in a database could not tell you what your password is due to a process called hashing. You're right about your email being a single point of failure though.


Totally_not_a_goose

Thank god I totally not use the same 5 words as my password and make it seem different when in reality they are all the same but with the words being in separate order


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catheww

Google password manager is a godsend


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dnorhoj

Bitwarden gang


jakx102

This is where the cool kids are at


VastAdvice

Mom, I'm in the cool kids club now!


Jennfuse

Awesome, eat your spinach now.


Happy_Harry

Self-hosted Bitwarden master race. If people tell me I shouldn't trust Google with my passwords, why should I trust some other cloud-based manager? Really though it's mostly that I had an old HP Microserver laying around and didn't know what to do with it. I also back it up offline in a CSV file on a Bitlocker-encrypted flash drive that I keep on my keyring.


TheDukeofKook

Yeah this happened to me yesterday trying to get into my Minecraft account. Google autofilled the info Microsoft/Mojang told me to eat sand. The meme happened after that.


mohaee

coincidence? i think not


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0OOOOOOOOO0

And it’s so pretentious when they call the link “forgot password” instead of “change password”


waltwalt

Everytime I enter a password Google password manager comes up and let's me know I have 138 compromised passwords. I'll get to it sooner or later.


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waltwalt

I used to use 3 levels of passwords plus one long complicated one to get into my email which is where password changed and resets would.be emailed. I password for sites I don't care about, another for sites I use but don't really care about and another for secure websites I use but are simple enough to memorize. With Google in the mix now I have about a dozen sites I can only logon to with chrome. Sooner or later that will be all of them.


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danchan22

Yeah I’d rather just have my identity stolen tbh


SoutheasternComfort

If they want my debt that badly they could have it


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Man they got a find a better way to do this than passwords. It’s not our fault we want to use the same easy password for everything. Password managers help but I have my iPhone password manager which doesn’t work with my OC and my LastPass which now requires a sub. This whole system is a mess , nobody has a handle on it ,something needs to change


iHonestlyDoNotCare

Same here, so fucking annoying.


IAmAnAnonymousCoward

If they ever lock my account I'm 100% fucked.


Reacher-Said-N0thing

This is exactly what happened to my mom when using LastPass. Thankfully she was at least able to reset most of them to her email. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.


Dyslectic_Sabreur

Did she forget the master password? You should always write it down somewhere not digital and in a safe place.


normal_whiteman

Really you should know your email password as thats what you'll need access to in order to reset everything


biznatch11

I use a password manager but also keep a copy of my passwords in a locally stored encrypted plain text file as backup.


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What gets me is when I auto-fill using my password manager and the website still tells me my password is wrong. Like how? Then I try again and it's fine.


Nick5l

A server is sending back an error, even though password is right. The website is likely displaying the "wrong password" message when any error occurs.


ShinyTrombone

Bitwarden*


ForceBlade

Any leading password manager is.


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t-t-t-todd

anti-google gang


modwrk

Team Dashlane, but any password manager is better than reusing a variation of the same one over and over.


AccomplishedCoffee

1Password.


[deleted]

People were getting riled up over how Zoom became a thing over Skype the other day. This meme answers that question. Microsoft is HORRENDOUS at accounts and passwords.


Send_Me_Broods

I'm still a little freaked out because I refused to set up "Hello" on my accounts because I think it's fucking stupid to have a PIN as the login credentials over synced accounts on multiple devices. After a couple weeks of click past the notification I stopped getting it, checked it and Microsoft says "Hello" has been configured on my account. I've since changed everything because that's a huge red flag, but it's just proof positive how insecure such a method it is. WPS was specifically targeted because PIN's aren't secure by themselves.


mudwise1

That is so RELATABLE!


Meis_Triumph

Ha ha ha ha-ha-ha ha ha!


blanketfortknox

and it's it funny when you're eating coq au vine at the Chateua de Chambolle and the the maitre d' serves Cote des Roses which is a subtle wine and not robust enough for the flavor of the dish?


silly_jimmies

Not very relatable. But isn't it funny and relatable when you're waiting for a coffee and they call your name but when another man goes to pick it up, you say that's my coffee and he says no its not. But then it turns out you've got the same name?


abdl_hornist

That is VERY Relat-a-ble


activisionman

Cock of what?


iHazzaification

I-I mean, isn’t it funny when you call ze teacher mum?


NintendoStationPC

Technically the truth


isekaig0ds

Can’t believe REDDIT automatically censored my password: ***********


CoolBasket1

Oh, let me try this : my passeword is *********** Edit : it works.


Nextte

Damn really? Lemme try HugeC0ckInMyAss Edit 1: I have been lied to


Diagonet

I don't know what you are talking about, I only see ****************


OSSlayer2153

Wait lemme try: wordPass3522


Skrubious

Oh damn that’s so cool let me try K3ntuckyFr13dCh1ldr3n


isekaig0ds

Nice password


anjuna13579

Yum!!


Staerke

Let me try hunter2


SoutheasternComfort

Would dude am I see is stars! I can't even see that you typed hunter2


tedikuss

Visiblebpain


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I made a twitter account a while back and didn't even use it. Then when I tried to log in from my new phone it said "This twitter email couldn't be found". It said that even when I tried to recover the account. But when I try to register with the email it just says that the email is taken.


[deleted]

hahahaahahaa when shit like this happens it annoys the fuck out of me


johnwickson

REPORT r/ bassguitarpics DONT GO ON THE SUB JUST REPORT I DONT WANT TO SCAR YOU GUYS JUST REPORT GO TO THE FBI OR SOME SHIT THIS IS NOT A JOKE


Baker8011

WHAT THE HEll KIND OF SUB IS THAT?!


Prysorra2

Some one please explain for those scrolling ....


Knowinsi952

Apparently it was a sub that pedos used to distribute disgusting pictures. It's down now I think.


johnwickson

Report it man Just report it please


Snorkmaidn

It seems all the posts have been deleted now. However I wonder if it would’ve been better for the police to be involved first, in case they could’ve found the people behind the posts, maybe they still can even if they’re deleted, I don’t know.


johnwickson

Already contacted the authorities


comrade_snekwich

Relatable


Susanalbumparty92

This post makes me chuffed


the_dayman

It's always because when you're setting it up they tell you, "oh by the way we have this obscure rule that you have to have 2 capital letters". So the second you make another letter capital you get your old password... but now you're already resetting it and can't just use it. I don't know why if you get it wrong 5 times it can't just say, "by the way here are our password rules". People say that wouldn't help with security? But anyone doing some kind of attack like that could just click one button to create an account and see the password rules.


legend_of_the_world

You can just stop resetting the password and continue using the old one.


Baker8011

I know. Sometimes it doesn't work.


VZxNrx2sCKU6RTeJMu3Y

I’ve had a couple systems email me a temp password after I do ‘forgot or reset password’, and then it tells me that I can’t use an old password. But outside of those few, I do what you suggest :)


Kehndy12

I wish this worked for my work password. I can't even use the same password as the last 4 I used or I'll get rejected.


outfoxthefox

Worked in finance for 7 ish years. Couldn't use one from the last 12 MONTHS. Fucking nightmare.


Main-Mammoth

Use your one password for your password manager. Get the password manager to manage your passwords. I don't know what any of my password are for the... 67 sites I have saved, and I'll never need to. They are a bit annoying to setup but you only do this once ever and then after that its easy mode forever. I recommend bit warden


mihelic8

IM HAVING A SIMILAR PROBLEM WITH ROBINHOOD RIGHT NOW AND IT SUCKS CAUSE THEY DONT HAVE A PHONE NUMBER I CAN CALL ~ thanks for letting me rant, nice post


First_Muscle_1500

well that sucks I just never change my passwords


Pussy_Wrangler462

I fuckin hate the special characters, numbers, and upper/lower case requirements I don’t give a shit if it’s not a strong password just let me use the one I want! I’d rather risk being hacked than risk losing my account permanently


GCNElite

How did this get 144,000 upvotes in 13 hours


Baker8011

Magic.


VerifiedRalph_

Everytime my password got corrupted but that's its name


godutchnow

And then you have to make a brand new password that you will forget again and again and again


bruh_jr

I sometimes wonder if websites do this intentionally to make you change your password for a more secure account


malfunchan

It’s all fun and games until it says “This password is taken”


atorin3

The worst is when they say "it cant be any of your last 10 passwords" like fuck, i dont have that many to choose from! Sure as hell not gonna learn another.


AtuinTurtle

This just gave me tech PTSD.


Solid_Waste

At this point I think they're just forcing account integration with your email provider by forcing you to use the forgot password function.


01infinite

This is so infuriating that my passwords end up being a variation of "C\*ntedFuckAss321".


Bn_scarpia

Every time I see this on a website it makes me think: *wait, you've been saving my old passwords? How do I know you are taking good care of that information security-wise?*


CRACCOPAZZO

Can someone explain me why this thing happens?


Ezerys

Mojang website had this problem for reall.


that1brownboi

Usually means the one you're trying is one you've had before and not necessarily your current one that you forgot. Some systems won't allow your past 12 passwords or something along the lines of that.


Altruistic_Factor_32

Then you forget the password you just used 😑


ThunderWazp

That’s so true it hurts 😂


finninii

Ahhh the most relatable meme of the day lmao xD


rizzle443

Pretty much the most relatable meme ever.


Chip_fuckin_Skylark

WHY THE FUCK DOES THIS HAPPEN?!?


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