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To be honest I think this is a problem that needs to be solved outside of the web. We need to move towards password managers. Of course, that comes with its ow
by scrollaway 10y ago
To be honest I think this is a problem that needs to be solved outside of the web. We need to move towards password managers.
Of course, that comes with its own set of issues: Lose access to the password manager = lose access to all your accounts. An attacker gets access to your password manager = they get access to all your accounts.
On the other hand, for users who use a single 6 character word as their password all over the web, that's essentially the same thing. You can far more easily educate someone in picking a very strong passphrase they will never forget, than get them to use different passwords on each website.
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