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		tome on Aug 10, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Future of the Vim Project And it means they must be keeping the recovery passwords in plaintext, so it just gets worse...

0cf8612b2e1e on Aug 10, 2023 | [–]

The email does not have to be the password. Something like, “password is taped to the back of my diploma”

digging on Aug 10, 2023 | [–]

not necessarily, it may send them an email inviting them to create an account with control of your account.

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