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So is my password safe?
by abhi3 9y ago
So is my password safe?
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- kranner 9y agoMaybe, if they are being truthful. Hopefully you don't share it with another account on another site.
- sho 9y ago> Hopefully you don't share it with another account on another site Bluntly, for a user of a site like this in 2017 there is simply no excuse for sharing passwords. In ops we used to say "If it's not backed up, it doesn't exist" - and I think a modern corollary could be "if your password isn't unique per site, then no, it's not safe". If you reuse passwords, your security is only as good as the weakest site you used it on, and you are playing with fire. Just go and buy 1password (or similar) and use it.
- thatwebdude 9y ago> "with multiple hashing iterations and individual salt per password." If your username is...
- Jackalopiate 9y agoProbably? The hacker is working with them and claims to have deleted all of the info already. read their updated article, its an interesting development