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An Embarrassing Password


I was working in a Wall Street investment bank about ten years ago when a member of the information technology group came by our office asking us to enter our passwords into the new software system.

My colleague, Barry, with his usual rebellious attitude, entered the password, "Penis".

We nearly died laughing when the computer issued the following reply to his choice of password:

***PASSWORD REJECTED! TOO SHORT***



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