My dad's password advice from 2009 finally paid off last Tuesday

My dad used to nag me about using the same password for everything. He said, "Son, one day you'll thank me for this." I rolled my eyes for years, but last Tuesday my old email got hit in that big data breach. The hackers tried that same password on my bank and PayPal. They got locked out because I had different passwords for each account. That was the day I sent my dad a text saying he was right. So now I'm wondering, how many of you actually follow the unique password rule or are you still using one for everything?

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luna_wells5710d ago

and honestly the real lesson here isnt even about passwords, its about how we treat advice from old people. my grandpa used to make me memorize phone numbers and i thought he was insane, then my phone died at a music festival and i needed to call my ride. the password thing is just one of those moments where the boring advice turns out to be the smartest. but also, like, unique passwords only work if you actually remember them, so the real trick is making a system. i use a base word and then change it per site, like adding the first letter of the website name at the end. thats the actual hack nobody talks about.