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> A Nest spokesperson responded to our request for comment and issued this statement: > "We have seen instances where a small number of Nest customers have re-
by mellow-lake-day 8y ago
> A Nest spokesperson responded to our request for comment and issued this statement:
> "We have seen instances where a small number of Nest customers have re-used passwords that were previously exposed through breaches on other websites, and made public. None of these breaches involved Nest.
It's surprising how many people reuse their password or use unsafe passwords. Including my own family.
- hsk823 8y agoIt's the opposite of surprising, that's exactly how most accounts get compromised.
- jonathankoren 8y agoNot really. I have unique passwords everywhere, but I basically only have two PINs.
- cgriswald 8y agoIt's frustrating, isn't it? "We" spend a lot of time warning people about the dangers of phishing and to not give away their credentials. Then they give those same credentials away to random site operators who through malice or incompetence may end up giving those credentials to bad actors. I think most people don't grok the problem. They think 'this will never happen to me' and when it happens to them, they blame someone else. Reading the article, I don't get the sense that the family in the article learned anything. They seem to still be blaming the devices.