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To: rktman

I use the same password on all chat boards, and hackers probably know it.

So if you don’t like my post - it wasn’t me!


3 posted on 02/04/2021 6:43:45 AM PST by proxy_user
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To: proxy_user
I use the same password on all chat boards, and hackers probably know it.

Me too, but for NOTHING else.

30 posted on 02/04/2021 7:35:22 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: proxy_user
I use the same password on all chat boards, and hackers probably know it.

I'm convinced that there are a fair number of FR accounts, especially unused old ones from 1999 or so, that have been taken over by trolls, and my guess is that it wasn't difficult for them to guess the password. The concept of strong passwords isn't as well embedded in certain age demographics, especially back in 1999, and I'm guessing that many passwords for the first accounts were something along the lines of "mypassword".
45 posted on 02/04/2021 9:32:14 AM PST by fr_freak
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