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[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I can't tell if you're joking or not

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Bloody 'ell! I've been caught red-handed! With me trousers round me ankles! Be a good lad and write your full name and address so we can send you some warm ale by way of apology.

[โ€“] db2 7 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I'll just give you my password, it's ********.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

That's the combination to my luggage!

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

I didnโ€™t know that it get censored, let me try. hunter2

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Is it hunter2? Looks like hunter2.

[โ€“] halcyoncmdr 1 points 10 months ago

Oh this 100% is plausible, and even likely.

Many security questions systems use favorite food as a security question to reset passwords.

Most people use the same username for everything, often including their email address.

Take the person's reddit or lemmy username, add Gmail, yahoo, Hotmail, etc. and with just a couple more answers pulled from social media posts you can build a fairly strong profile from seemingly very little and otherwise innocuous information.