At the very least if 2FA is not possible for you; # sign up for the have I been pwned website so you get alerts when your passwords may have been compromised # use a password manager like 1password so that you can use long unique passwords for each site
T On Wed, 16 Nov 2016 16:39 Chad, <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 8:30 AM Cyken Zeraux <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 2FA would be a big prevention of these problems. > > > > Allowing accounts to be handled through 3rd party services, such as a > > Github, would also prevent it. Github already has 2FA available for > logins. > > > > > Relying on Github prevents nothing if you don't use 2FA or a unique > password ;-) > > Really, the single best thing one can do to prevent this from happening is > using > unique passwords. This is best practice for *any* website you have access > to, > not just Wikimedia. > > Enabling 2FA on websites that provide it is the next step everyone should > take, > if and when they can. > > -Chad > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
