> I cannot necessarily tell you what your password is. > However, I can determine a string with the same hash value, > such that it will work just as well as your password. It > might be a 197 character piece of junk, but it will still work. > > Of course, "I" in this case is a hypothetical me who had read > about how to actually accomplish this, as opposed to having > read about how it is possible.
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