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The viable alternative is in the sentence you quoted:

"Ultimately, password hints are evil and they add nothing to an online system that can’t be achieved with a secure password reset feature."

Secure password reset.

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Oh, pish posh. You could've just as easily said, "The viable alternative is to make password resets secure" and said the same thing. It's doublespeak. It's basically an easy way to say, "There are a lot of different things you can do but I don't feel like taking the time to list each of the options right now."

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