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Avast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing data
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Who knows? I just keep track of my own passwords so when the rest of you find out I won't be a part of it lol. Everyone on lemmy is so anti Google and anti Microsoft because of what they do with your data, that it's actually hilarious that so many just freely give EVERY SINGLE PASSWORD for their accounts to password management apps, like nothing bad could ever come from it.
If you can keep track of your passwords yourself, why take such a massive gamble?
You're smarter than the collective wisdom of the entire cybersecurity community, I see. Researchers who have been doing this for decades have nothing on you. People with peer-reviewed studies and bucketloads of data are like pawns in the face of your vast intellect. When FOSS password managers fall, you'll be the only one left standing and the world will bow at your feet. Certainly you are the first person to have ever thought of this.
Be a sarcastic ass all you want, at least I can remember a password without relying on some random company lol. You keep giving all your passwords away though, no skin off my back
One password. Yes, that's the problem. Thank you for so eloquently disassembling your own inane point.
I'm sorry you can't even remember one. Maybe work on reading comprehension first. Have a great life!
You said "a password." That's one. I think my reading comprehension is just fine, but I admire your commitment to misunderstanding the point at every turn. It solidly explains why you're against password managers when literally everyone who knows anything about Internet security is for them.
Oh, I can remember far more than one. But I can't remember the 687 that I have currently stored in Bitwarden. Can you? Can you accurately and correctly remember six hundred and eighty-seven unique and distinct passwords? 687 unique and distinct passwords that are long and complex enough to be difficult to guess? Can you constantly monitor all 687 accounts for when they show up in data breaches? Can you recognize all 687 login screens for when they're spoofed for a phishing attack? Remember, some of those are banks! You've probably given a couple of them your SSN! There are 687 potential land mines out there. Good luck!
Jfc I don't fucking care whether or not you believe me, do whatever you want with your passwords.
I could use "A" breath of fresh air
I could go for "A" bite of pizza
I can remember "A" password where you can't
Next time use context clues
Now please shut the fuck up, this entire interaction with you has been enough for the rest of my life, and at this point you're literally the last person I would ever listen to about passwords. Have a good "A"!
I also don't like to be wrong, so I understand why you're lashing out. And oh for the love of God please don't listen to me about passwords! I'm not a security professional. I'm just saying you should listen to the people who are, not just go with your gut feeling about what a safe way of securing your online life is.
Lashing out =/= defending myself and refusing to put up with your bullshit. I said why I don't use password managers and you enter the conversation being a sarcastic asshole. I don't have to put up with that, call it lashing out or whatever the fuck you want but if you can't handle the heat then stay out of the kitchen. Now fuck off already.
You arrogantly said why you don't use password managers and I pointed out how your premise is incorrect and there's data to prove it; like this report from two years ago that cracking an encrypted password vault is orders of magnitude harder than cracking a password you can actually remember, or a report from a year and a half ago that not using one makes you three times more likely to experience identity theft. I pointed this out sarcastically, because you gave your opinion arrogantly. Since then, and since you've reacted with such anger and vitriol, I've turned the sarcasm down. I'm sorry that I hurt you with that joking response at the start.
But I'm not going to stop fact checking you in this thread because I don't want someone else seeing this and thinking that our positions are equally based on fact. They're not. You have a feeling; I have facts.
If you want me to stop, then stop posting misinformation.
That works great when you're young, kid, bit when you get older, you're going to be forgetting and resetting a lot of those passwords.
I don't think anyone on lemmy is under 30 lol