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I just got an email about this from Ubisoft, with a link to change my password. Yet another incident to prove that unique passwords and utilities such as RoboFo
by codereflection 13y ago
I just got an email about this from Ubisoft, with a link to change my password. Yet another incident to prove that unique passwords and utilities such as RoboForm / Dashlane / Lastpass are a necessity.
- eksith 13y agoAs an alternative, you could GPG a text file with all passwords and use... hexdump -n 16 -v -e '/1 "%02X"' /dev/urandom ...as a password generator
- 286c8cb04bda 13y agoopenssl rand 48 -base64
- eksith 13y agoAh, yes. Much shorter and more effective ;)
- just2n 13y agoI built an extension to use PBKDF2 and some other cleverness to generate predictable passwords for websites because I was tired of needing "random" passwords for every site and some kind of password keeper that stored them. I'd rather generate the password when I need it, and to do so from a password I have memorized, but which isn't written down or used anywhere else.
- y0ghur7_xxx 13y agoI'm using cat /dev/urandom |base64 |head -c20 && echo
- cookiecaper 13y agoTry pwgen 20
- deleted 13y ago[deleted]
- zachlatta 13y agoI've been looking for a Lastpass alternative forever. Had no idea Dashlane existed, thanks!
- codereflection 13y agoDashlane is pretty nice, I'm using it and RoboForm, which I've owned for years.
- zachlatta 13y agoHow is RoboForm? I've never used them before.
- codereflection 13y agoShowing it's age. They continue to update it, but it's definitely lacking in usability compared to Dashlane.
- deelowe 13y agoWhy don't you like lastpass? Genuinely curious. I've been pretty happy with them.
- zachlatta 13y agoMostly because the interface is clunky and I'd rather not be forced to have my passwords stored on a company's servers.
- deelowe 13y agoAhh. OK. One small nit. Passwords aren't stored, the has is. If you forget your lastpass password, there's no way to retrieve them. I'm OK with this, which is why I continue to use lastpass. That said, the interface is definitely terrible. It could use a refresh at this point.
- engtech 13y agoI was happy that they included the "you should change your password on all other websites if it is the same" line. I find that's the biggest hurdle that average users can't grasp, it's not about one website getting hacked.. it's that if your ubisoft password is the same as your email address password then they can now log into your email address, which means they can probably take over every online account you have.