authentication Memes

Password Requirements From Hell
Security Webdev Programming Frontend Backend
18 hours ago 47.5K views 0 shares
Password Requirements From Hell
That moment when your password requirements get so ridiculous you start screaming at your monitor. "8+ characters, uppercase, lowercase, number, special character, AND NOW AN EMOJI?!" Meanwhile your brain is just like "🙂🔫123AAAA!" because you've run out of creative password ideas. Next they'll want your blood type and a lock of hair from your firstborn.

What A Journey
Typescript Security Javascript Debugging Frontend
1 day ago 50.9K views 0 shares
What A Journey
Ah, the classic developer passive-aggressive error message. Instead of just saying "endpoint not found" like a normal person, this dev decided to write a whole novel about the user's life choices. The highlighted code shows what happens when a 404 error occurs during a password reset - rather than blaming the system, the developer crafted an elaborate user backstory involving forgetfulness, remembering, logging in, account deletion, and then clicking a stale link. That sarcastic "Wow! What a journey!" at the end is the digital equivalent of a slow clap. I bet this dev also names variables after their exes.

Name A Bigger Lie
Microsoft Security Windows
2 days ago 58.8K views 0 shares
Name A Bigger Lie
Ah, Microsoft's "Stay signed in?" dialog. The checkbox claims it'll reduce sign-ins. The "Don't show this again" option suggests it'll disappear forever. Both are pathological liars on par with "I have read and agree to the terms of service." No matter what you click, you'll be re-authenticating again tomorrow because Microsoft authentication has the memory capacity of a goldfish with amnesia. It's the digital equivalent of your coworker asking your name for the fifth time this week.

They Patched The Old One? No Problem
Windows Security Microsoft
3 days ago 77.2K views 0 shares
They Patched The Old One? No Problem
Oh look, another Microsoft "feature" to bypass! The classic ms-cxh:localonly command is like that secret handshake that lets you skip the bouncer at the club. After 20 years in tech, nothing brings me more joy than Microsoft thinking they've closed all the backdoors, only for us to find the service entrance. It's the digital equivalent of "I know a guy who knows a guy." The fancy bear in the tux knows what's up - why surrender your email, password, firstborn child, and DNA sample to install an OS you already paid for?

Bruh Who's Out Here Making Captchas Like This
Security AI Webdev Testing Frontend
3 days ago 74.0K views 0 shares
Bruh Who's Out Here Making Captchas Like This
When the CAPTCHA goes from "select all traffic lights" to a full-blown biology exam. Those duck feet at the top and nine different animals below? Clearly designed by a sadistic backend dev who got rejected by a UI designer. The real Turing test here is figuring out if you're supposed to click on birds, cats, or just give up and accept that bots have better animal anatomy knowledge than humans. Next they'll ask us to identify which semicolon is missing from a screenshot of 500 lines of JavaScript.

The Password Security Nightmare
Security Devops Programming Databases
5 days ago 74.1K views 0 shares
The Password Security Nightmare
The eternal battle between security experts and literally everyone else. Security guy is all "your password needs 20 characters, uppercase, lowercase, numbers, special characters, and the blood of your firstborn" while the user's just sitting there like "why? 'admin' is fine." The look of pure horror on his face in that last panel is every IT professional who's discovered their company's production database password is "password123" and suddenly understood why they've been getting hacked every other Tuesday.

Security Engineer's Worst Nightmare
Security Programming
7 days ago 60.5K views 0 shares
Security Engineer's Worst Nightmare
A physical password logbook? In 2023? Might as well put your house keys under the doormat and call it "advanced security." This floral notebook is basically a burglar's dream journal - all your digital keys neatly organized in one convenient, stealable package. The security equivalent of storing nuclear launch codes on a Post-it note stuck to your monitor. Meanwhile, every security engineer who sees this just died a little inside. Seven years of implementing zero-trust architecture and someone's grandma is keeping her banking password next to her Pinterest login in a cute little book from Target.

Gotta Go Fast: The 2FA Time Trial
Security Webdev Programming
10 days ago 55.7K views 1 shares
Gotta Go Fast: The 2FA Time Trial
The frantic blur of fingers desperately pounding a keyboard as the 2FA timer counts down is a universal panic attack. Nothing quite matches that primal fear when you open your authenticator app and see "5 seconds remaining" while trying to log into something important. Suddenly you're a contestant on a typing game show where the prize is... just accessing your own account. And heaven forbid you mistype a digit! Then you're stuck in authentication purgatory for another 30 seconds, questioning your life choices and wondering if maybe carrier pigeons were more reliable after all.

Check Whether Your Private Key Is Used
Security Networking Programming Linux
14 days ago 92.9K views 0 shares
Check Whether Your Private Key Is Used
THE ABSOLUTE AUDACITY of this website asking you to paste your private key to "check if it's already taken"! 💀 This is like a burglar politely asking if you'd mind leaving your house keys under the doormat so they can "make sure nobody else has a copy." HONEY, the moment you paste that SSH key, it's not private anymore - it's basically a VIP party invitation to your entire server! The green "Success!" message is just the chef's kiss of evil genius. "Congratulations! Your digital identity has been successfully compromised! Would you like fries with that?"

How To Get Fired In One Easy Step
Security Webdev Devops Javascript Frontend
15 days ago 78.7K views 0 shares
How To Get Fired In One Easy Step
The worst security advice ever wrapped in a cute anime package! Hardcoding your API keys directly in your frontend JavaScript is like leaving your house keys under the doormat with a neon sign pointing to it. Any curious user can just pop open DevTools, check the Network tab or source code, and boom—free access to your services! That $20,000 AWS bill because someone found your S3 credentials and decided to mine crypto? That's just the universe teaching you about environment variables and backend authentication the hard way.

Back From Leave
Programming Security Debugging
17 days ago 93.3K views 0 shares
Back From Leave
THE ABSOLUTE BETRAYAL of your own brain when you return from vacation! There you are, staring at the login screen for the tool you've supposedly used EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. of your professional existence, and suddenly—POOF!—your password has vanished from your memory like it was thrown into the fires of Mount Doom! Your fingers hover over the keyboard in a pathetic dance of desperation while your colleagues watch your soul leave your body. The walk of shame to IT for a password reset is the modern developer's walk of atonement. And don't even get me started on when you finally get in and can't remember how a single function works! The AUDACITY of our brains to take PTO when we do!

Failing To Push My Own Repo
Git Security Devops Programming
19 days ago 99.8K views 0 shares
Failing To Push My Own Repo
That magical moment when you've spent 45 minutes troubleshooting why your Git push is failing, only to realize you're still using your password instead of a personal access token. The butterfly represents that elusive token you created six months ago and promptly forgot about. GitHub's like "Nice try with that password from 2019, but we've moved on. Maybe you should too." The eternal dance of modern authentication vs. your stubborn muscle memory continues...