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Future Of Cursor Software Engineers
AI Security Programming
9 hours ago 52.5K views 0 shares
Future Of Cursor Software Engineers
That's not a white dot, that's Cursor AI sharing your plaintext password file with every hacker on the planet. Nothing says "security professional" like storing credentials in a CSV file named "passwords.csv" and then asking about UI elements while exposing it. Somewhere, a security engineer just felt a disturbance in the force and doesn't know why.

Santa's List Final_3.txt
Security Programming Databases
23 days ago 98.0K views 0 shares
Santa's List Final_3.txt
The North Pole's security practices are straight out of 2005. Storing billions of PII records in plaintext? Classic rookie mistake. Some poor elf clicked a suspicious "Free Candy Cane Gift Card" email, and now Santa's entire database is on the dark web. The naughty/nice list just became the biggest data breach in history. Imagine the GDPR fines if Santa operated in the EU. No amount of milk and cookies can fix this PR nightmare.

Your New Password Can't Be The Same As Your Old Password... Right?
Security Webdev Programming Databases Backend
1 month ago 99.1K views 0 shares
Your New Password Can't Be The Same As Your Old Password... Right?
When a site tells you "your new password can't be the same as your old password," they're supposed to be comparing hashed values, not storing your actual password in plaintext. If they know what your old password was , they've already failed Security 101. The fact that a Fortune 500 company did this is like finding out your bank keeps everyone's money in a shoebox under the receptionist's desk. Ten years in tech and I'm still amazed at how many multi-billion dollar companies can't figure out basic password security.