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I agree with the general premise of this article that gmail/outlook/facebook owns too much power being able to lock you down with no due process. However, for
by loginatnine 6y ago
I agree with the general premise of this article that gmail/outlook/facebook owns too much power being able to lock you down with no due process.
However, for random sites, entering an email/password worries me because I have no idea how this password is handled server side, is it stored in plaintext or with a weak algorithm? The vast majority here don't care that much because they use a password manager but I'm worried about the ones that don't, they can be impacted if there is a database leak or if the site owner is shady and starts looking through its database for passwords that look reusable and try them on other important website. How easy would it be to set a nice honeypot website that requires a username/password?
A properly set up google sign in makes it impossible to do that at least. Thoughts?
- eitland 6y ago> [...]starts looking through its database for passwords that look reusable and try them on other important website. How easy would it be to set a nice honeypot website that requires a username/password? > A properly set up google sign in makes it impossible to do that at least. Thoughts? Getting a good password manager and using it correctly removes the threat of someone getting your password and abusing it on other sites.
- loginatnine 6y agoAbsolutely and I have mentioned it in my comment. However, we all know that most of the people reuse passwords, more than often weak ones. That's who I'm worried for.
- eitland 6y agoI understand. I actually tried to read your comment twice and missed it :-D I guess I have had a busy week.