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RSS FeedsThere`s a good chance that the password on your streaming service sucks
(Windows Phone Central)

 
 

15 august 2019 21:06:39

 
There`s a good chance that the password on your streaming service sucks
(Windows Phone Central)
 


A study on password stuffing finds `entertainment sites` are far more likely to reuse breached credentials. Three things that should be taught in school: Sex-ed, basic personal finance, and good password hygiene. Sadly, at least for those of us here in the United States, all three are sorely lacking. The latter point was laid bare in a study from members of Google`s Spam and Abuse Research Team. Too many passwords are being reused — and that opens the users to credential stuffing, which is where a bad actor tries a username and password combination leaked from one service on all kinds of other services, just to see if they`ll work. Or, to put it simply, if your Netflix email and password is the same as the what you used for MySpace and was part of that 360 million-account breach, there`s a good chance someone can get into your Netflix account if they want. Just because it`s not as `important` as your bank doesn`t mean it doesn`t need a good password. The researche...


 
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