Regardless of the root causes for how passwords get hacked, having a unique and strong password for each account helps limit the damage for nearly all forms of

Regardless of the root causes for how passwords get hacked, having a unique and strong password for each account helps limit the damage for nearly all forms of password theft to just one account. The following post (mine) describes the 9 most common forms of password theft as well as protection and damage control for each: http://www.filterjoe.com/2010/05/14/how-attackers-steal-passwords/ http://www.filterjoe.com/2010/05/14/how-attackers-steal-pass... You'll see that if you simply do the following, it will stop or at least limit the damage from the most common forms of password theft: "Use a password manager to assign unique, random 15 character passwords for all accounts, protecting them with a strong master password."