Animorphs Memes

A single-digit passcode. To protect the main computer. In a young adult sci-fi novel from the 90s. The Pemalites built interstellar spacecraft and uploaded their consciousness into android bodies, but apparently their cybersecurity team was on vacation when they decided "6" was sufficient protection. Not "696969" or even "000000" - just straight up 6 . The protagonist's reaction is perfect. That internal scream of "what kind of enterprise-level incompetence is this?" resonates with anyone who's ever inherited a production system with "admin/admin" credentials or found API keys hardcoded in the repo. And the response? "They trusted." Yeah, they're also extinct now. Coincidence? Security through obscurity and blind trust - a tale as old as time, apparently spanning galaxies.