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sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours ago

Claude helps man recover $400,000 in BTC 11 years after he got high and forgot password

www.dexerto.com

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Claude helps man recover $400,000 in BTC 11 years after he got high and forgot password

www.dexerto.com

sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours ago
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AI helps man recover $400,000 in Bitcoin 11 years after he got high and forgot password - Dexerto
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A Bitcoin holder has gone viral after claiming he recovered around $400,000 in BTC from a wallet that had been locked for more than a decade.
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    Meh I think the time has more to do than the weed, I’m a lifetime smoker and I wouldn’t forget the password to hundreds of thousands of dollars that’s just stupid.

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    Seems pretty dicey to let an AI anywhere near your wallet.dat

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      trustmebro

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    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!*:)”

    • gedfromgont@piefed.ca
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      The man was well ahead of his time.

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

      • Elvith Ma'for@feddit.org
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        Probably XxX360NoScope420fuckthePOLICEXxX

        • jaybone@lemmy.zip
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          That guy said he fucked my mom.

          • ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world
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            I don’t think he meant to call your mum a pig

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          An absolute menace in the Call of Duty lobby voicechat.

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

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    I bet it was “hunter2”.

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      “*******” is a weird password. Aren’t there supposed to be letters and numbers ?

      • Pope-King Joe@lemmy.world
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        Lemmy hides it for us. It’s pretty sweet.

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          I absolutely love that feature. Imagine you accidentally type or paste your ******** into a comment. Now everyone can see your ********! What a banger. But not on Lemmy! It gets masked automatically so that none can see and guess you ********!

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

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        Yeah, all I see is stars while you see “lolFuckthePOLICE”.

      • Pope-King Joe@lemmy.world
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        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?

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    Good for him I guess

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

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      I just use Aassword.1, Bassword.1, …

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        Fascinating.

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