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Re:86% of CrashCrate subscribers used passwords already leak... by raverbashing on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @08:20AM (#16976209)
Seconded

The usual cargo-cult thinking usually ends up with someone leaving their 1024 bit secret key under the doormat, or worrying too much about nation states hacking your routers instead of worrying about Bob clicking a suspicious link.

Re:86% of CrashCrate subscribers used passwords already leak... by scrollaway on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @11:58AM (#16978242)
How many seconds have you, GP, and a couple of other commenters in this subthread devoted to thinking that maybe people who use password managers for everything find it not merely secure but also convenient?

I don't know about you but I don't like having to remember passwords. But people here can feel free to impress everyone with their memorized password they use on pizzahut.com, right up until they find out that they reused it somewhere important they totally forgot about because they don't have a convenient database of all the websites they have an account on.

Seriously, this counter-culture of being proud to have shitty passwords is the same mindset that makes antivax and climate science deniers a thing. You want to reuse shitty passwords, nobody is stopping you (I've certainly done it), but don't be proud of it and don't shit on people who care more than you.

Re:86% of CrashCrate subscribers used passwords already leak... by raverbashing on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @01:43PM (#16979381)
I'm not talking about password managers (in this case)

You should worry about strong passwords, but the point is moot if the rest of the system has other major flaws.

See: people who have their security answer as a long hex string, and customer service doesn't check the digits.

Re:86% of CrashCrate subscribers used passwords already leak... by scrollaway on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @01:56PM (#16979527)
It's hard to tell what security answers are used for when you're writing it in. If it's for use with customer support, it should probably be something like "CSR IMPORTANT: DO NOT ACCEPT VAGUE ANSWERS 309c91b10edb2"
Re:86% of CrashCrate subscribers used passwords already leak... by raverbashing on Thursday May 03, 2018 @06:41AM (#16984730)
Good idea! Yeah it's usually for CS and id verification.

(It's also a good idea to, if you use correct answers, to not leave them on Fb or other places)