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what are you doing when a password from a weak site gets compromised exposing your algo? How do you memorize your "unique" key?

• joshSzep 4y ago
  I don't believe they would determine or even expect it is following an algorithm. For example on HN my password could be 1YCju7i8! It isn't, but let's pretend it is. That is a counter at the front, YC is from the website address, j from my user name, and u7i8! It's the unique key. I use the same key everywhere so it's easy to remember. I don't think a hacker would figure it out.
  • kkan 4y ago
    Two websites breaches and they already have your 'unique key' (which is not unique if its the same for every website.
    • joshSzep 4y ago
      Yes it's just unique for the 'user' of the Algorithm. I think you have a valid point in multi site leaks if the attacker was focused on my account. I will think about it
      • woopwoop24 4y ago
        and to an extend how do you keep track of which unique part is active in which site if e.g a website gets hacked and resets your current password, because in case of a password manager i just create a new one and be done, on top of my mind i would have the question for you: would you recreate all websites with a new unique part or just create a system for outliers? not to offend, just had several of these incidents in my years and for me a password manager is much more piece of mind