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Is it safe to test my password on this website? (because I just did)

gordonmorris 9y ago
From the article: "It goes without saying (although I say it anyway on that page), but don't enter a password you currently use into any third-party service like this! I don't explicitly log them and I'm a trustworthy guy but yeah, don't." Safe: probably. Good practice: no.
fredoliveira 9y ago
If you only have one password to try, I'd say you have more important issues to tackle. Install a password manager, start using generated passwords, and stop using 'your password'.
- slhck 9y ago
  Well, in that case, “your password” might be the only one you have – the one use for your password manager.
  - jlebrech 9y ago
    salt "your password" with https://www.passwordcard.org/en https://www.passwordcard.org/en
    - Piskvorrr 9y ago
      "Pick a password length. Eight is pretty secure and usually acceptable." Wait, what? Unless you're suggesting that I append this to a password.
      - jlebrech 9y ago
        you can choose any area of the card, say 5 letters and a few keywords.
  - Piskvorrr 9y ago
    Well, in that case, it should already be something that's staggeringly improbable to be used by anyone else, and for your use, you should never ever ever send this password through any network interface at all (including this check page).
pwdisswordfish 9y ago
http://inutile.club/estatis/password-security-checker/ http://inutile.club/estatis/password-security-checker/
- coldsmoke 9y ago
  Hehe, I was just about to build something similar. I like the extra touch of it not even being served over https.
  - distances 9y ago
    Also the option to test another password is nice, and the unsatisfied curiosity you're left with if you go down that route.
- shoo 9y ago
  worth reading the T&Cs for a chuckle
  - flashdance 9y ago
    I should have read that before agreeing to it... Well, I better get prepped to fight the Estatis Inc. Retaliatory Creature to retain full ownership of my soul. Thanks for the heads up.
r3bl 9y ago
You're probably okay, but Troy probably has the query stored somewhere, hence, he doesn't recommend that. It is much, much safer to download the data and search for your passwords from inside the local copy of the data, and that's exactly what I'm gonna do later tonight.
IncRnd 9y ago
Disclosing a password weakens that password, since passwords only work when they are kept private.

From the article: "It goes without saying (although I say it anyway on that page), but don't enter a password you currently use into any third-party service like this! I don't explicitly log them and I'm a trustworthy guy but yeah, don't." Safe: probably. Good practice: no.

fredoliveira 9y ago

If you only have one password to try, I'd say you have more important issues to tackle. Install a password manager, start using generated passwords, and stop using 'your password'.

slhck 9y ago
Well, in that case, “your password” might be the only one you have – the one use for your password manager.
- jlebrech 9y ago
  salt "your password" with https://www.passwordcard.org/en https://www.passwordcard.org/en
  - Piskvorrr 9y ago
    "Pick a password length. Eight is pretty secure and usually acceptable." Wait, what? Unless you're suggesting that I append this to a password.
    - jlebrech 9y ago
      you can choose any area of the card, say 5 letters and a few keywords.
- Piskvorrr 9y ago
  Well, in that case, it should already be something that's staggeringly improbable to be used by anyone else, and for your use, you should never ever ever send this password through any network interface at all (including this check page).

pwdisswordfish 9y ago

http://inutile.club/estatis/password-security-checker/ http://inutile.club/estatis/password-security-checker/

coldsmoke 9y ago
Hehe, I was just about to build something similar. I like the extra touch of it not even being served over https.
- distances 9y ago
  Also the option to test another password is nice, and the unsatisfied curiosity you're left with if you go down that route.
shoo 9y ago
worth reading the T&Cs for a chuckle
- flashdance 9y ago
  I should have read that before agreeing to it... Well, I better get prepped to fight the Estatis Inc. Retaliatory Creature to retain full ownership of my soul. Thanks for the heads up.

r3bl 9y ago

You're probably okay, but Troy probably has the query stored somewhere, hence, he doesn't recommend that. It is much, much safer to download the data and search for your passwords from inside the local copy of the data, and that's exactly what I'm gonna do later tonight.

IncRnd 9y ago

Disclosing a password weakens that password, since passwords only work when they are kept private.