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[โ€“] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

[โ€“] NataliePortland@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years 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@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

[โ€“] snooggums@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago

That's the combination to my luggage!

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

Is it hunter2? Looks like hunter2.

[โ€“] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years 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.