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Overheard a guy at Starbucks say he uses his birthday as his password for everything
He laughed and said 'if someone guesses that they deserve access' but all I could think was how easy that is to crack with just a basic data breach check on your email address.
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briancampbell20d ago
yeah that's honestly rough, people really underestimate how easy it is to find that stuff out these days. like one data leak and your email is out there, then it's just a quick lookup of public records or social media to get a birthday. i feel for the guy though, most people just don't think about it until something bad happens.
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the_miles20d ago
@briancampbell well actually most data leaks don't include birthdays, that usually comes from people oversharing on social media.
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