Hit 200 compromised passwords in my manager and felt sick

So I ran a security audit on my password manager last weekend and it showed I had 200 accounts with passwords that were either reused or weak. That number surprised me because I thought I was being careful since I switched to a manager 3 years ago. Turns out 85% of those were from old accounts on random forums and trial services I forgot about. Has anyone else run into a huge pile of bad passwords after thinking they were safe?

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river_rivera4523d ago

Whoa, 200 is a lot. I mean, maybe it's just me but that number would make me feel sick too. I think a lot of us have that old junk from random sites we forgot about. It's wild how fast it adds up when you think you're being careful.

lily_gibson1323d ago

Are we really acting like having 200 cookies or trackers is some kind of crisis though? I mean, half that stuff is probably just completely harmless analytics junk.