{"id":6103,"date":"2020-12-28T19:11:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T19:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/?p=6103"},"modified":"2020-12-28T19:11:55","modified_gmt":"2020-12-28T19:11:55","slug":"bad-passwords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningaloud.com\/blurts\/2020\/12\/28\/bad-passwords\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad passwords"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I had a bad habit when it came to passwords. It was not that the password I used would have been easy to guess, but I used the same password on many sites and sooner or later some company would have a breach. Those looking to breach accounts would be most likely to then try these passwords on common sites to see if they would work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have been using LastPass<\/a> now for months and all of my main accounts have been shifted to unique and strong passwords. I still do use a common password when I investigate sites requiring that I create an account because there is a bit of a hassle when creating a new password in LastPass, but I do fix this if I decide to stick with a service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I listen to the EdTech Situation Room <\/a>and they described a service allowing you to determine if a password was among those the service had been able to find on the dark web. The service is called PWNED Passw<\/a>ord. I tried a couple of my old passwords and did find that one of them was available to others somewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have tried to investigate this site as you have to enter a password to determine if it appears somewhere else, but I don’t know how else you would go about providing this service. The service does not ask about services associated with the passwords and all of the info I can find suggest it is a useful service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BTW – just because the system does not already have a password in a database does not mean that it is not out there somewhere. <\/p>\n

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