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Passwords are my data in 1Password. If you say to me that 1Password is leaking my data, I'm thinking it leaks my passwords. The headline is misleading. "1Passw
by msbarnett 11y ago
Passwords are my data in 1Password. If you say to me that 1Password is leaking my data, I'm thinking it leaks my passwords. The headline is misleading.
"1Password Leaks Your Metadata" would be both more accurate and less clickbait.
- DanBC 11y agoPeople have different risk assessments.
- msbarnett 11y agoI'm not saying this isn't a significant risk, or shouldn't be treated as such. I'm merely saying that the headline implies that the primary data in 1Password is leaked, when it is not. In what possible way would this headline not be more accurate if it were "1Password Leaks Your Metadata"? How would that be diminishing different peoples' risk assessments?
- DanBC 11y agoIf you think a title is poor you should probably email the mods to suggest a better title. They seem receptive to that kind of thing.
- kobayashi 11y agoI disagree. As per the porn example in the article, and many other fathomable situations, metadata in a password manager can be as important, and sometimes more sensitive, than the password itself.
- coldtea 11y agoExactly. People wouldn't care for a politician's password to IloveSexWithHorses.com (unless they like beastiality themselves and can't afford an account of their own). The fact that he subscribes to such a site though, would be worth gold in expose articles and/or blackmail...
- msbarnett 11y agoPoint me at the part in my post where I said metadata wasn't important.
- kobayashi 11y agoI guess my point is that simply calling metadata 'data' isn't sensationalist in this setting.