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Password Assistant (Apple Humor?)
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DoctorW
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Jul 16, 2005, 07:39 PM
 
As we know, Tiger has a feature for automatically creating passwords. Here is a helpful one suggested to me last night:



(I chose another one.)
     
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Jul 16, 2005, 08:57 PM
 
Hahaha. Good one. It might be the password generator and not Apple's humor. But then again, you just never know with those tech geeks there at Apple.
     
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Jul 17, 2005, 01:12 AM
 
Have to admit that it is indeed memorable.

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digital_dreamer
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Jul 17, 2005, 01:38 AM
 
Call me stoopid, but where the heck is this password assistant?
And, no, Spotlight was no help!

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Jul 17, 2005, 01:43 AM
 
Preferences > Security.

Or via Keychain Access.

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Jul 17, 2005, 11:01 AM
 
This is likely just a case of Apple taking an off-the-shelf dictionary that included both of these words and not trimming things out. Although it is a funny coincidence that you got both at once.
     
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Jul 17, 2005, 11:06 PM
 
Originally Posted by larkost
This is likely just a case of Apple taking an off-the-shelf dictionary that included both of these words and not trimming things out. Although it is a funny coincidence that you got both at once.
That's what I was thinking. Maybe it's just me, though, but I would have at least omitted the anal one.
     
   
 
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