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mendip_discovery:
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One good practice is to use different email addresses and different passwords for things. I'm getting close to using a password generator to generate really random email addresses.

My old trick was to use a name that would give me a clue at to who leaked. BinDivingAustralian@my.domain.com for this forum as an example. As a leaky site would usually mean that email getting hammered and I could block it and move on.

Not a big fan of over use of 2FA becuase when my mobile gets leaked that means the attackers have another vector to attack me via. Reducing 2FA redundant. I use it only on stuff I care about.

Also I wouldn't worry about the pwned site I can vouch it fairly safe for use.

Halcyon:

--- Quote from: AndyBeez on January 13, 2023, 01:30:56 pm ---@Halcyon: ever feel you're p*ssing in the breeze with some of these guys?

--- End quote ---

Yes, sometimes, but I don't mind. Sometimes pissing in the wind can feel cathartic.

Like many people on this forum, my focus and energy goes into the vast majority of people who contribute positively and learn something new from others. The IT industry as a whole is so opinionated. Some people are quick to forget that there is more than one right way to do most things, but if it's not their way, it's somehow "wrong". I mostly ignore those people. Likewise people who criticise someone else's opinion without providing a proper explanation and have a lack of proper understanding of what's being discussed.

I don't mind engaging once in a while, if it means only 1 person learns something they didn't know before, then it's a win in my books.

I also don't mind being proven wrong, because it means I learned something new and am better off for it. But so far, from the loud minority, I've only received "nope you're wrong" with no in-depth analysis or substance to their argument. It always amuses me when people come at me with a counter-argument, but then want me to do their homework for them. I guess this is why flat-earthers exist?

Black Phoenix:
Halcyon, thank you for the warning. My email was leaked in one of the data breaches of a Manga Website, Mangadex but I use a different password for each website, and that one was already replaced by a different one that is also not reused.

Although is almost time for me to change all the passwords again for all the websites I'm registered (and delete accounts from the ones I don't need anymore).

Halcyon:

--- Quote from: Black Phoenix on January 14, 2023, 03:26:34 am ---Halcyon, thank you for the warning. My email was leaked in one of the data breaches of a Manga Website, Mangadex but I use a different password for each website, and that one was already replaced by a different one that is also not reused.

Although is almost time for me to change all the passwords again for all the websites I'm registered (and delete accounts from the ones I don't need anymore).

--- End quote ---

Really good advice. It's amazing how many user accounts people accumulate over the years. I did a full audit of all my accounts last year when I replaced my old KeePass database with Bitwarden. I think I ended up cancelling about 30 or so accounts that I never used (or at least sanitised them of any personal data and changed the email address to a "blackhole" Gmail account I only use for abandoned accounts).

Reputable password managers like 1Password and Bitwarden, also integrate with the HIBP API so you can check your passwords automatically against any known data disclosures. I believe Firefox and Chrome also have similar integration.

SeanB:
I will add that you can download the password list from HIBP, and use it locally. It is a zip file, and will take a good few minutes to extract to the massive text file. Yes I found some of my passwords in there, and did change them a while ago, but looks like with the latest LP breach I will have to do a good number of updates as well on the lot soon.

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