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Claude helps man recover $400,000 in BTC 11 years after he got high and forgot password (www.dexerto.com)
submitted 2 hours ago by sanitation@lemmy.radio to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Object@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Rather than simply guessing the password, Claude helped dig through the old files and identify an older wallet.dat file that appeared to predate the password change. The user also reportedly had an old mnemonic phrase, which helped unlock the wallet once the correct file was found.

The password, as later revealed in the post, was: “lol420fuckthePOLICE!*:)”

[–] gurty@lemmy.world 6 points 53 minutes ago

What a password. I’d love to see his xbox live username.

[–] paw@feddit.org 2 points 3 minutes ago

I have only one question: did recovering the password involve getting high and then using Claude Code?

[–] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 16 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

I bet it was "hunter2".

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 7 points 44 minutes ago (1 children)

"*******" is a weird password. Aren't there supposed to be letters and numbers ?

[–] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 4 points 27 minutes ago

Lemmy hides it for us. It's pretty sweet.

[–] RIotingPacifist@lemmy.world 14 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

All I see is "lol420fuckthePOLICE" does Lemmy automatically hide passwords or something?

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 minutes ago

Yeah, all I see is stars while you see "lolFuckthePOLICE".

[–] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 1 points 28 minutes ago

Yeah it has this super innovative feature that looks up passwords and hides them for you. Like, my email password is "trumphasamushroompenis" and it hides it. Cool right?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 58 minutes ago

This is why I write all of my passwords on Post-Its that I stick to my monitor.