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   Message 110,317 of 112,125   
   Alan Browne to Chris   
   Re: RockYou2024 leak of 10 billion passw   
   07 Jul 24 18:40:50   
   
   XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android   
   XPost: alt.os.linux, comp.sys.mac.system   
   From: bitbucket@blackhole.com   
      
   On 2024-07-07 17:39, Chris wrote:   
   > Alan Browne  wrote:   
   >> On 2024-07-06 19:28, Mickey D wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> "Threat actors could exploit the RockYou2024 password compilation to   
   >>> conduct brute-force attacks and gain unauthorized access to various online   
   >>> accounts used by individuals who employ passwords included in the dataset,"   
   >>> the team explained.   
   >>   
   >> Why Passkeys should be used wherever financial transactions or sensitive   
   >> information are concerned.  Or at least TFA.   
   >   
   > Or, crazy idea, tighten up personal privacy laws like some ridicule the EU   
   > for.   
   >   
   > It would certainly crystallise minds if companies risked fines of 10% of   
   > global turnover.   
      
   I don't disagree with what you wish, but it will have 0 effect on people   
   with bad security practices and 0 effect on criminals attempting to   
   break into systems.   
      
   The internet grew up from nothing to everywhere all at once and the   
   security implications lagged that by near 20 years.   
      
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   "It would be a measureless disaster if Russian barbarism overlaid   
     the culture and independence of the ancient States of Europe."   
   Winston Churchill   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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