![]() ![]() People are constantly looking for and using this data and companies are constantly being compromised. If you use unique but weak passwords 1, you’re not much better off as those are easy for computers to guess. A company following good security practices will encrypt (make it next to impossible to read) your password but all the other data about you can be used to cross-reference other public data exposed from companies that don’t follow good security practices. When (not if) one of the services you use is compromised, any data that is stolen will inevitably become public - known as a data breach. If you use the same password for all of these, slight variations of the same one, and or insecure ones 1, then that could lead to outcomes for you ranging anywhere from inconvenient to devastating. With so much of our lives dependent upon the internet, it’s easy to accumulate large numbers of accounts what with all of the services we use – Email, Netflix, Banking, Utilities, etc. It is the single point of failure that if anyone were to gain access to could do the same for almost every other account. ![]() Almost every service provides “Forgot password?” functionality that allows you to reset a password using a single piece of information - your email address. Your email is the most important account you have as it is the gateway to practically every other account. Note: If you only use a password manager for one thing, make it your email login. This way when one account gets compromised, the others remain safe Security experts agree the best way to stay safe online is to use strong, secure, unique passwords for each of your online accounts. ![]()
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