# I got a new password

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-new-password/726541
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [July 30, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-new-password/726541 "2015-07-30T01:10:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author: ![darkgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@darkgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/darkgoddess)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-new-password/726541/1 "2015-07-30T01:10:03Z")

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Thanks everyone, I’m all good now. Don’t mind me.🙂

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### Author: ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-new-password/726541/2 "2015-07-30T01:26:01Z")

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Glad we could help.

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### Author: ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-new-password/726541/3 "2015-07-30T01:36:40Z")

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So, what is it?

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### Author: ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-new-password/726541/4 "2015-07-30T01:39:35Z")

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password

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### Author: ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-new-password/726541/5 "2015-07-30T02:13:25Z")

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That’s the same password I have on my luggage!

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### Author: ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-new-password/726541/6 "2015-07-30T02:19:54Z")

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Doesn’t everyone always just use “password”? 😕

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### Author: ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-new-password/726541/7 "2015-07-30T02:28:13Z")

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Now I have to change mine to “passwordchanged”.

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### Author: ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-new-password/726541/8 "2015-07-30T02:52:55Z")

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> [@siam sam](#):
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> doesn’t everyone always just use “password”? 😕

123456

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### Author: ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-new-password/726541/9 "2015-07-30T03:48:35Z")

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You were posting like gangbusters and then suddenly stopped! Thank goodness it was just a lost password. We were worried! 🙂

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### Author: ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-new-password/726541/10 "2015-07-30T06:32:57Z")

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Don’t be silly - it’s something secure, like ‘letmein’

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### Author: ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-new-password/726541/11 "2015-07-30T19:43:21Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> Don’t be silly - it’s something secure, like ‘letmein’

Let mein? Is that some kind of Chinese dish?

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### Author: ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-new-password/726541/12 "2015-07-30T19:57:23Z")

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> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#):
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> Let mein? Is that some kind of Chinese dish?

It’s Le tmein, it’s French.
