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gzreadtoday at 7:23 AM2 repliesview on HN

Because that's still weird and confusing to people and still serves no purpose.


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creatoneztoday at 7:49 AM

Sorta reminds me of the i3lock screen locker. It shows an incredibly confusing circle UI where every keystroke randomizes the position of the sector on a circle, with no explanatory text on the screen (^1). To new users, it's not clear at all that you are entering your user password or even that it's a screen locker at all, because it just looks like a cryptic puzzle.

Of course, once you do understand that it's just a password prompt, it's great. Completely confuses the hell out of any shoulder surfers, who will for sure think it's a confusing puzzle, and eventually they will get rate limited.

^1: Example of it in use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvT44BSp3Uc

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nananana9today at 7:30 AM

Purpose:

> That way you can be certain whether or not you entered a character

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