Wothe to Memes@lemmy.ml • 2 years agoAdd-on: same password, same identity.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up11.04Karrow-down122
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minus-square@randombullet@feddit.delinkfedilink11•2 years agoThat’s also assuming they used proper salts and a strong hashing algorithm. Also MITM and or phishing attacks are not super common but can also depreciate your common password very quickly. Always layered defense. If it’s not 1 thing, it could be another. Unique passwords are just one facet on a multi-layered security defense.
minus-square@willworkforicecream@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•2 years agoYep. Once I hit the password recovery link for a website and they emailed me my old password to me in plain text.
minus-squarenewIdentitylinkfedilink1•edit-22 years agoHoly shit that’s bad. I hope that was more than 5 years ago. They would actually deserve bankruptcy
That’s also assuming they used proper salts and a strong hashing algorithm.
Also MITM and or phishing attacks are not super common but can also depreciate your common password very quickly.
Always layered defense. If it’s not 1 thing, it could be another.
Unique passwords are just one facet on a multi-layered security defense.
Yep. Once I hit the password recovery link for a website and they emailed me my old password to me in plain text.
Holy shit that’s bad. I hope that was more than 5 years ago. They would actually deserve bankruptcy