I typed gibberish username/password into HN and successfully logged in

26 points by sadfasdf 6y ago ↗ HN

This account was apparently created in 2012. Just thought it was pretty crazy that I typed in random gibberish and happened to land on a valid account. What are the odds?

I was trying to enter invalid credentials so that I might see what error HN provided.

It's funny... It seems like every line of code I'm writing right now after a long day is causing errors. If I can't even unsuccessfully log into a website on purpose, then it really is time for a break.

If I've hijacked an account for someone who actually uses this, I apologize. Logging out now.

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sadfasdf 6y ago ↗

I wonder how many people tried the same and succeeded. :thinking:

sadfasdf 6y ago ↗

I bet there is more people who tried and immediately succeeded.

sadfasdf 6y ago ↗

I have also succeeded (first try)..

The password for this account is not gibberish (if you have a QWERTY keyboard).

buboard 6y ago ↗

is it asdfdsa ?

tuanvu 6y ago ↗

or qwerty

tantalor 6y ago ↗

You're in the Twilight Zone.

TechBro8615 6y ago ↗

Amusing. Although it’s probably not as gibberish as you’d think. I would bet people tend to type very similar strings of letters when mashing the keyboard.

codegladiator 6y ago ↗

sadfasdf is the lorem ipsum of programmers

kleer001 6y ago ↗

Try it again with randomly created usernames and password. I'll guarantee you'll come up dry every time.