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Natural selection in IT (isanybodyusingthisprivatekey.com)

submitted 1 day ago by tfm@piefed.europe.pub to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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That's a meme page. Do NOT submit your real private keys!

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[–] mormegil@programming.dev 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Also, check if your PIN has been leaked as well! https://pastebin.com/Nn2ZcdfC

[–] jaupsinluggies@feddit.uk 1 points 20 hours ago

Ah but you can use Cantor's diagonal proof to get a new one. For example if I take the first four and increase the nth digit on the nth row then I get 1114 which isn't in the set.

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 1 points 21 hours ago

I could have sworn I had a bank card for a while with a 6-digit pin... Am I crazy? Is that impossible? Or is the joke worn out?