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Hints are really bad idea. I used to add that feature, but after seeing what people enter there I've removed it from all projects. Even without someone dumping your DB, people are usually too descriptive or they use some data they think is private, but that is actually easy to get with a little research and social engineering. I remember one guy's hint was: "The best car ever", and you could easily find that he posted a tones of pictures of his new BMW on Facebook... of course, the password was bmwrulez, it took me like 10 minutes to figure it out without any cracker app...


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