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dagrz
15y ago
Yeh there way too many lists of 1-5000 email/passwords available on the web. I'm talking thousands if not tens of thousands. It's just too hard to find and add them all. If you find it hard to think about the website as being a comprehensiv
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dagrz
15y ago
Trust is an issue no doubt and to some extent I wish I had partnered with a big security brand. However, the reality is that you give your email address to various parties all the time, and regardless of how malicious they are, they are r
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dagrz
15y ago
There are some leaps that normal users won't make, agreed. It's not an easy problem. Either way I believe that raising awareness in non-techie populations is good. If you have specific suggestions, I would be happy to discuss them.
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dagrz
15y ago
I would argue that it's not completely useless as the average person re-uses the same password everywhere. Even if you do it across a small number of sites it could easily start a chain reaction. In fact, I would say that prompting the aver
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dagrz
15y ago
It's not a scam of any sort. Happy to discuss with anyone who has concerns.
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dagrz
15y ago
Its true, a small number of people enter their passwords. The site has been updated with a quick check to prevent such behaviour. Thanks for the feedback.
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dagrz
15y ago
If we decided to do notifications I would expect users to not re-use passwords from other sites. I would also expect that such a service would require a trusted security brand behind it to work.
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dagrz
15y ago
I guess thats why you might add a mobile number
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Does the Internets know my password?
(shouldichangemypassword.com)
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dagrz
15y ago
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