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Maybe it's not such a big deal if someone hacks your account on one 'inconsequential' site, but what if they do it across 10, 20 'inconsequential' sites? You m

Maybe it's not such a big deal if someone hacks your account on one 'inconsequential' site, but what if they do it across 10, 20 'inconsequential' sites? You may not give much away on one site, but combine all that data across multiple sites, and maybe I can start building a profile on you, identify you, impersonate you, steal your identity, etc.

mayniac 8y ago
>You may not give much away on one site, but combine all that data across multiple sites, and maybe I can start building a profile on you, identify you, impersonate you, steal your identity, etc. Why would someone go through that much effort on one person when they can end out a million phishing emails with two minutes of work, get a few thousand replies, get a few hundred people buying their scam and walk away with a six figure payout? The chance of you getting your identity stolen because of password reuse is about as low as getting killed in a terrorist attack: it's not really worth thinking about or putting too much effort into preventing when you're more likely to get hit by a car.