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I guess with password managers, this is easier than ever
by barbariangrunge 4y ago
I guess with password managers, this is easier than ever
- tempodox 4y agoEven if you used the same username on different accounts, you should have different passwords anyway.
- glitchcrab 4y agoI'm pretty sure they meant that using a password manager means you don't have to remember the _username_ for every site.
- kataklasm 4y agoI've started to just generate a 10-char alphanumerical string with the password generator feature and use that as the username on new accounts, starting to update them retroactively, too (by scrapping the old account and making a new one).
- JamesDough 4y agoThats great, then you can use the same for your password.
- marginalia_nu 4y agoReally, why is that?
- quetzthecoatl 4y agobecause if you get your account compromised on one site/forum because of lax security on their end, you don't want all your accounts compromised.
- marginalia_nu 4y agoHow will your accounts be compromised if they are all different? A key is no good if you don't know which lock it leads to.
- nvr219 4y agoBecause it might be tied back to your email account or some other common denominator. Using different usernames is good for dox attacks like this but doesn't necessarily help you if your email is compromised. So you need different passwords (AND MFA!!!!)
- marginalia_nu 4y agoWhat if I use more than one email?