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My friend in IT support told me my 'password123' was so weak it made him physically wince.
He said it was like leaving my front door open with a neon sign, so now I use a password manager and make them all look like random keyboard smashes.
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jessesingh3mo ago
Random keyboard smashes" is the way to go lol. Your IT friend did you a solid.
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hall.charles23d ago
Been noticing the same thing with a lot of stuff actually. People overthink security just like they overthink passwords, making it way more complicated than it needs to be. The simple random stuff usually wins in the end.
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lindareed3mo ago
Yeah, I was always the person trying to make some clever phrase... but @jessesingh is right, a total random smash is actually way more secure. My IT buddy showed me how those "clever" passwords get cracked first in lists. Now my go-to is just mashing the whole top row like "qwertyuiop" mixed with some numbers.
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