'Big Honking Security Hole' or something else?

[C de-Avillez]

On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:55:31 +0200
Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Did you know that you can paste your password to the mailing list,
> and the software masks it? See, this is my password:
> *******
> 
> Try it!

@All DO NOT DO THAT, EVER!

I am not sure the author wrote this out of sheer malice, or ignorance,
or as a prank. 

NO MATTER the reason, this does not happen. 

Cheers,


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