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You put your passwords in Google Sheets? The data there is not encrypted at rest. Google has 191k employees in countries like China, India, and Pakistan who cou
by willmadden 3mo ago
You put your passwords in Google Sheets? The data there is not encrypted at rest. Google has 191k employees in countries like China, India, and Pakistan who could potentially access your records. Make sure you use something that encrypts your data at rest, preferably on a device you own and control.
- civet_java 3mo agoI had exactly this happen to me, suffered great monetary losses and had my identity stolen. I've learnt my lesson and have moved on to 1password. At the end of it I couldn't help but reflect on my foolishness. I realised just how much better I would've felt if only it had been an American, Canadian, or European Googler who stole my data. It really is the worst when malicious entities are Chinese, Indian, or Pakistani. Just the worst!!! (/s)
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- argee 3mo agoI put my passwords in Google Sheets temporarily. Then I moved them to 1Password, except the throwaway stuff. Google accounts aren’t immune to being compromised, so I agree that it’s not a good home for passwords (without even the need to invoke internal threats) — but it felt safer than LastPass. Which ought to be an embarrassment.
- throwawayqqq11 3mo agoyour passwords are used to train LLMs now :3
- smu3l 3mo agoWhy those countries? Does google have weaker internal security for employees in those countries?