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Re: Over 5 million Gmail accounts compromised
« Reply #15 on: September 17, 2014, 08:54:46 am »

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Re: Over 5 million Gmail accounts compromised
« Reply #16 on: September 17, 2014, 08:56:21 am »

Guess who doesn't use his gmail account for anything more than trolling and signing up for unsavory sites.

[And I guess youtube, but that kind of falls into 'unsavory']
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Re: Over 5 million Gmail accounts compromised
« Reply #17 on: September 17, 2014, 11:29:08 am »

This makes me happy I phased out passwords on most accounts recently (what are they gonna hack, my osdev forum account?).
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Re: Over 5 million Gmail accounts compromised
« Reply #18 on: September 17, 2014, 11:47:54 am »

Nope, not compromised, will probably change anyways. I AM INVINCIBLE!

Thanks for the heads up though guys!
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Re: Over 5 million Gmail accounts compromised
« Reply #19 on: September 17, 2014, 12:40:12 pm »

Oh noes, gmail!

At least my chainmail is OK.

Anyway, HAHAHA SCRUBS I DON'T HAVE GMAIL

I THINK

I DON'T USE MY EMAIL MUCH
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Re: Over 5 million Gmail accounts compromised
« Reply #20 on: September 17, 2014, 01:15:04 pm »

10 characters of random uppercase lowercase, and numbers and symbols.
I suppose this works if somebody is manually guessing your passwords. But people use computers to do it and ">5*Av/&+!$" is the same to computers as "1234567890", plus it's hard to memorize. Better use passwords like "Rotten pyjamas taste like bacon". Strange enough to easily remember, takes MUCH longer to crack and is unlikely to be guessed by a human.

Trust me, I have all of your passwords.
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Re: Over 15 million internet accounts compromised
« Reply #21 on: September 17, 2014, 01:27:15 pm »

The fuck is gmail?
An evil, evil thing.
But my gmail is the only eMail that I use. :v

I use the same password for everything, so I'll have to think of a catchy new password to use for everything else, too.
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Re: Over 15 million internet accounts compromised
« Reply #22 on: September 17, 2014, 01:29:39 pm »

The fuck is gmail?
An evil, evil thing.
But my gmail is the only eMail that I use. :v

I use the same password for everything, so I'll have to think of a catchy new password to use for everything else, too.
That is a terrible idea. Sure, maybe you don't want to have one password for each thing, but putting them all under one password is asking to get your information stolen. At least make a group of passwords, and alternate between them as you redefine them.
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Re: Over 15 million internet accounts compromised
« Reply #23 on: September 17, 2014, 02:08:32 pm »

The fuck is gmail?
An evil, evil thing.
But my gmail is the only eMail that I use. :v

I use the same password for everything, so I'll have to think of a catchy new password to use for everything else, too.
That is a terrible idea. Sure, maybe you don't want to have one password for each thing, but putting them all under one password is asking to get your information stolen. At least make a group of passwords, and alternate between them as you redefine them.
I, WHAT, FFF-

I JUST SAID I was going to think of new passwords for everything. As in multiple.
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Re: Over 15 million internet accounts compromised
« Reply #24 on: September 17, 2014, 02:10:24 pm »

The fuck is gmail?
An evil, evil thing.
But my gmail is the only eMail that I use. :v

I use the same password for everything, so I'll have to think of a catchy new password to use for everything else, too.
That is a terrible idea. Sure, maybe you don't want to have one password for each thing, but putting them all under one password is asking to get your information stolen. At least make a group of passwords, and alternate between them as you redefine them.
I, WHAT, FFF-

I JUST SAID I was going to think of new passwords for everything. As in multiple.
Looks like I misread. My apologies.
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Re: Over 5 million Gmail accounts compromised
« Reply #25 on: September 17, 2014, 02:11:43 pm »

10 characters of random uppercase lowercase, and numbers and symbols.
I suppose this works if somebody is manually guessing your passwords. But people use computers to do it and ">5*Av/&+!$" is the same to computers as "1234567890", plus it's hard to memorize. Better use passwords like "Rotten pyjamas taste like bacon". Strange enough to easily remember, takes MUCH longer to crack and is unlikely to be guessed by a human.

Trust me, I have all of your passwords.
You forget that dictionary crackers are a thing.

Of course, tagging a sentence in the middle of a hard password might make it a lot stronger.
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Re: Over 5 million Gmail accounts compromised
« Reply #26 on: September 17, 2014, 02:13:04 pm »

The fuck is gmail?
An evil, evil thing.
But my gmail is the only eMail that I use. :v

I use the same password for everything, so I'll have to think of a catchy new password to use for everything else, too.
That is a terrible idea. Sure, maybe you don't want to have one password for each thing, but putting them all under one password is asking to get your information stolen. At least make a group of passwords, and alternate between them as you redefine them.
I, WHAT, FFF-

I JUST SAID I was going to think of new passwords for everything. As in multiple.
Looks like I misread. My apologies.
Mm. Sorry for the angry response, I'm just in a wicked bad mood. :v
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Re: Over 5 million Gmail accounts compromised
« Reply #27 on: September 17, 2014, 02:15:21 pm »

Yeah, you could get a really strong password by just using the "battery staple correct horse" method, and then sticking a special character onto the beginning or end of each word. 's how I do mine.
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Re: Over 5 million Gmail accounts compromised
« Reply #28 on: September 17, 2014, 02:18:09 pm »

that's still susceptible to a dictionary cracker, though.
I'd go with something like battery&/&dj73$staplecorrect@@j2)b0horse
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Re: Over 5 million Gmail accounts compromised
« Reply #29 on: September 17, 2014, 02:19:39 pm »

But wouldn't "@battery 20staple14 correct#horse" dodge a dictionary cracker? I have no idea how this works, so I'm genuinely curious.
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