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The Internet Archive is under attack, with a popup claiming a ‘catastrophic’ breach (www.theverge.com)
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[–] sugar_in_your_tea 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yup.

If you use the same email everywhere, they can try brute-forcing the password by using the email instead of your username. Give them less to go on. $1/month is absolutely worth it to prevent an important account from getting hacked.