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Uh oh, somebody's not following best practices, that's a paddlin (lemmy.world)

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[–] pishadoot 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean, that's true if you reuse your passwords instead of using a password manager that can generate random gibberish... Which is itself a very poor habit exactly because of this very fact?

Even assuming a company follows best practices (a bold assumption that is wholly inconsistent with reality) there's ALWAYS a possibility of a breach - and it's not if, it's only when.

So, everyone should be using a password manager by default.

I like to use keepassXC personally because it's fully under my control. I don't really care for ones that are hosted by 3rd parties because that introduces more risk if they get beached, but for many people that's fine; it's more convenient for the user. To me it's important enough that I manage it all locally.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

So, everyone should be using a password manager by default.

And an email mask. Life is easier if you can reset a password and change your email after a breach and have the old email disabled and disappear.

[–] pishadoot 1 points 1 week ago

Agreed!

The pain with email maskers is when a service doesn't accept the email as valid.... I have 2-3 I use. I start with blur (abine/ironvest, whatever you call it these days) and if it doesn't work I go to my bench warmers.