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The mist of the www (feddit.org)
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[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 3 points 15 hours ago

those that say “wrong username” means that the password is valid

How could it mean that? The only reason you'd ever say "wrong username" is if the account doesn't exist (otherwise it's indistinguishable from "wrong password") and in that case there's no reason to even look at the password.