Hahaha. Neat!!!

On Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 20:51 Ashim D'Silva <[email protected]> wrote:

> For sites I don’t use too often, I was always tempted to reuse passwords
> which is a pretty bad practice, so I started just using the forgot password
> feature more often. So I have a ridiculous entirely random password that I
> don’t know, and then just say forgot password when I want to log in.
>
> It’s could also be a good way to go about changing all your passwords—and
> side effect is it confirms your backup email.
>
> Cheerio,
>
> Ashim
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>
> On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 at 16:55, Thaths <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 2:42 AM Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 2:04 PM Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > 1. Log out all gmail/facebook/other social sessions (Most providers
> > give
> > > > you the option to "log out all current sessions")
> > > > 2. Change all the passwords of pwned email addresses
> > > > 3. Enable 2FA EVERYWHERE that supports it. Ideally, with a hardware
> > token
> > > > such as a yubikey.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Additionally, I'd also suggest you log in to your various (potentially)
> > > compromised accounts, check under security setting to see if the backup
> > > email address (where password reset notifications are sent) and backup
> > > phone number have been tampered with.
> > >
> >
> >
> > In addition to all of those steps, I also recommend using unique
> passwords
> > in all the sites. It is not going to be possible for you to remember that
> > many unique passwords (especially if you choose strong passwords). I
> > recommend you choose strong passwords that you memorize for one or two of
> > your key accounts (Google, Facebook). And use a password management (I
> > personally use keepass) to generate and store strong unique passwords for
> > your other sites.
> >
> > Thaths
> >
> >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
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> > Carl:  Nuthin'.
> > Homer: D'oh!
> > Carl:  Unless you're crooked.
> > Homer: Woo-hoo!
> >
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