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My friend in IT told me my 'strong' password was basically public info after a data leak last Tuesday.
He showed me a site called Have I Been Pwned where my old password from a 2017 breach was listed, which totally convinced me to finally use a password manager and make unique ones for everything.
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jesse_lopez1423d ago
Honestly, password managers are just another single point of failure. If that master password gets out, everything is gone. A few strong, memorable passwords reused carefully is way safer than trusting one app. That site just shows old data, so changing your main passwords every year or two is enough. People act like they're guarding state secrets, but most accounts just don't need that level of hassle.
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mason53124d ago
Well, at least your procrastination was secure.
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hunt.jennifer23d ago
Wait, are you saying my procrastination was secure because I was putting off something dumb, or because I was doing it in a safe way?
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