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   PerryM ✅ (perrym@newsie.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-May-2023 03:27:59 JST PerryM ✅

   As a computer hobbyist, I often worry how good my passwords are. I've never seen anything to describe how important it is. This chart and the research is super. My hat off to HIVE!

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     :blobcathug: (jain@blob.cat)'s status on Wednesday, 17-May-2023 03:27:59 JST :blobcathug:

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     @PerryM just use a hash of your password :blobcatgooglybadumtss:
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     Kainoa (kainoa@calckey.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-May-2023 03:40:47 JST Kainoa

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     • Steve Dinn 🇨🇦

     @steve@social.dinn.ca @PerryM@newsie.social that's good, especially since password-cracking algorithms are getting better.

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     Steve Dinn 🇨🇦 (steve@social.dinn.ca)'s status on Wednesday, 17-May-2023 03:40:48 JST Steve Dinn 🇨🇦

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     @PerryM Ha! Thanks to password managers, all my passwords are 24 - 36 characters long and use all the combinations. Perhaps that's overkill.

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     Kainoa (kainoa@calckey.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-May-2023 04:20:09 JST Kainoa

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     • Steve Dinn 🇨🇦
     • Johan S 🌀

     @spiralmind @steve@social.dinn.ca @PerryM@newsie.social 1Password has had some pretty bad data breaches, I'd recommend @bitwarden@fosstodon.org

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     Johan S 🌀 (spiralmind@calckey.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-May-2023 04:20:22 JST Johan S 🌀

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     • Steve Dinn 🇨🇦
     • Kainoa

     @kainoa @steve@social.dinn.ca @PerryM@newsie.social I use 1Password to generate (and store, of course) passwords, and I just keep it cranked up to whatever 60-something the maximum is in 1Password.
     
     Some sites get angry about that.

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     Kainoa (kainoa@calckey.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-May-2023 04:25:02 JST Kainoa

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     • Steve Dinn 🇨🇦
     • Johan S 🌀

     @spiralmind @steve@social.dinn.ca @PerryM@newsie.social https://password-managers.bestreviews.net/faq/which-password-managers-have-been-hacked/
     
     2020 and 2016.

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     Johan S 🌀 (spiralmind@calckey.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-May-2023 04:25:03 JST Johan S 🌀

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     • Steve Dinn 🇨🇦
     • Kainoa

     @kainoa @steve@social.dinn.ca @PerryM@newsie.social That sounds like LastPass, I'm not aware of any published 1P breaches.

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     Johan S 🌀 (spiralmind@calckey.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-May-2023 04:28:34 JST Johan S 🌀

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     @kainoa @steve@social.dinn.ca @PerryM@newsie.social Ah, that kind of vector, I was thinking more actual data exfiltration attacks. Bit of an ingenious headline on that page, and BitWarden should also be included for that level of vulnerability. https://flashpoint.io/blog/bitwarden-password-pilfering/

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     Kainoa (kainoa@calckey.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-May-2023 04:29:16 JST Kainoa

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     • Steve Dinn 🇨🇦
     • Johan S 🌀

     @spiralmind @steve@social.dinn.ca @PerryM@newsie.social fair enough. I wasn't aware bitwarden had a similar vector.

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     matthieu_xyz@calckey.social's status on Wednesday, 17-May-2023 04:39:23 JST matthieu_xyz

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     • Steve Dinn 🇨🇦
     • Kainoa
     • Johan S 🌀

     @kainoa @spiralmind @steve@social.dinn.ca @PerryM@newsie.social There are two kinds of password managers. Those that were breached and the one that haven’t been breached yet.
     
     Now, from the one that were breached. Did they loose your passwords or not?
     
     The real bad breach is lastpass loosing payment information. I was a free user at the time so I’m unaffected. But that sure didn’t look good.

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     Kainoa (kainoa@calckey.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-May-2023 04:40:19 JST Kainoa

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     • Steve Dinn 🇨🇦
     • matthieu_xyz
     • Johan S 🌀

     @matthieu_xyz @spiralmind @steve@social.dinn.ca @PerryM@newsie.social the best password managers are the ones you host on your own machine. Far, FAR less chance of any breach.