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Community ManagerThis is the most fascinating news letter to date. Addressing the psychology of passwords. This kind of thing always interests me. It is also relevant to me. Here is why:
Up until 2014 I surely was in the "Role of Emotion," factor. I used the same password for most sites.
It was the name of my favourite game, morrowind. (That PW no longer exists so no one can use it.)
I found that that the password had been hacked or found and published on the dark web. Luckily it was only the PW, and an old throw away email address which I closed and fully deleted in 2014. Also the name and birth date were bogus, but it seems that wasn't found. Just the PW was on two lists. I got lucky and never sufferered any consequences, that I know of!!
It was quite a shock. No it was frightening!! I am glad it was. A true awakening which is now just common sense.
Since then, I never reuse a password for any site. Everywhere where I log in has a different pass word.
I also use numbers, uppercase lower case, and symbols, like dollar mark etc. They are always at least 10 characters long, usually 12 of utter nonsence.
Secondly I check for any compromises everyday with google password manager, but that is not really enough. So from time to time I use a special program - 2 in fact, one by Malwarebytes, and the other is a service to check the dark web on google my account page.
Since then, nothing has been leaked. As for guessing no body could. There is no pattern or similarites between all of my PWs, just long strings (10 - 12 characters) of pretty much random key board inputs with as above, symbols numbers etc etc.
I know the above is what, I guess everyone here does, and it's common sense, but back up until 2014 I was idiotic upon reflection.
I can also vouch for the fact it's true this blog post is spot on, as I explained my story above.
In previous blog posts, I've picked up new security tips so, EA_Kalina, I want to thank you again for such interesting, and very useful blog posts!
