I’m not a cat i swear

  • @[email protected]
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    542 months ago

    I only know how to type my passwords at normal speed correctly. Like, I have to walk through the muscle memory step by step to get a text version of the password and even that’s iffy.

    • 👍Maximum Derek👍
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      272 months ago

      In the rare occasions that my wife needs to use my phone, I need to type my (12 digit) pincode out on a number pad and read it back to her to be sure I get it right. I can type it flawlessly a dozen times a day but if I try to recite it, I screw up the order.

    • WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]
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      182 months ago

      I hate when I try to remember my master password without typing it and panic that I’ve forgotten my password. But when I got to type it, muscle memory is still there so no problem.

      • @[email protected]
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        102 months ago

        I have absolutely no clue what my highschool locker combination is, but I guarantee you if you handed me the lock, I could open it first or second try. That muscle memory is burned deep into my hands, and it’s been over 10 years.

  • @DirkMcCallahan
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    232 months ago

    And on the third try, you think you accidentally failed to hit the last key, and so you have to start all over again.

    • @T156
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      Or it turns out you accidentally left caps lock on, and now you’re locked out for a few minutes.

  • TurboWafflz
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    182 months ago

    I just never slow down and take like 10 attempts sometimes. I don’t know why, it isn’t a good strategy

      • VeganPizza69 Ⓥ
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        52 months ago

        You implant a chip in your brain that gives it control over your finger movement.

          • @WhatAmLemmy
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            32 months ago

            Until someone hacks your brain, or just puts a keyboard in front of you and lets the chip do its thing without your consent.

      • @[email protected]
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        Working from home, connecting to a VM, you can use a password manager on your machine to log into the VM

        And your home machine can be always logged on, or fingerprint unlock, or USB stick unlock or whatever

      • @FierySpectre
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        22 months ago

        Use it on your phone, duh :P

        Jokes aside I wish windows supported pin+hardware key to log in… But alas that’s an enterprise only thing.

  • Fonzie!
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    122 months ago

    First try: Normal fast
    Second try: Push harder in case a key didn’t register, still normal fast
    Third try: Only use a single finger, selecting every key carefully

    • Pasta Dental
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      Especially when your password gets reset after 3 fails like at my job, I DON’T want to deal with IT

    • @devfuuu
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      22 months ago

      The disappearance of Yuki Nagato.

  • @Agent641
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    42 months ago

    types sarcastically slowly

  • @[email protected]
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    42 months ago

    I had a boring job years ago. We didn’t have web access in the office, we did have a typing tutor program

    I could already type

    So I decided to learn to type again

    So now I type on a dvorak layout except for the first login where I must use qwerty. About the time the password expires and must be changed I get to the point where it’s muscle memory in both layouts

  • lnxtx
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    32 months ago

    fourth try: just use a password manager at this time.

    • RiQuY
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      82 months ago

      Then, same shit will hapen when entering the master password.

      • @[email protected]
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        22 months ago

        The worst is when the password manager (KeePass in this case) is in quick unlock mode in its default configuration “enter the last four characters of your password”

        Me: like I can remember how my password ends. Just let me type the whole thing

  • @KoalaUnknown
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    32 months ago

    First Try

    Scans finger

    Use a password manager

  • @Gustephan
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    32 months ago

    I get around this by setting my passwords to something easy to type like *******

    Completely unrelated, does anybody know why my bank balance always goes back to 0 immediately after my paystubs are deposited?