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[Discuss] Password managers

Am I wrong to presume everyone here uses 2-factor authentication? Yubikey
is that, plus it has software that does try to figure out if the servers
being contacted are the right ones, and not ones that just look right to a
casual observer.

On Wed, May 6, 2020 at 11:19 AM Rich Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 6 May 2020 10:09:30 -0400
> Kent Borg <kentborg at borg.org> wrote:
>
> > And for one that is reused...doesn't matter so much. All your uses
> > are as weak as the weakest site to which you have given that password.
>
> Which is why 16+ random characters never reused.
>
> Also, site operators cannot be trusted to report breaches. Going on two
> years and LiveJournal still refuse to acknowlege their account database
> breach.
>
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> Rich Pieri
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