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Relax. Internet password books are OK

Malwarebytes

The big book of passwords. There’s one password management tool which experiences more than its fair share of derision—the oft-maligned Internet password book. These are, as you may expect, physical books which are little more than empty notepads with “Internet password book” written on the front. This isn’t uncommon.

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Interesting Reads, August 19

Adam Shostack

“ How Flat Earthers Nearly Derailed a Space Photo Book “ My conflict modeling work is a first draft of how to threat model such systems. You need to threat model and play the chess game. ”

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Automotive Privacy

Adam Shostack

And the passenger is associated if payment is by card, or the ride is booked via an app. splits/confuses the difference.

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When Accounts are "Hacked" Due to Poor Passwords, Victims Must Share the Blame

Troy Hunt

I just can't wrap my head around why anyone would think that people should be able to take whatever shortcuts they want with their personal security and somehow, magically, have absolutely no responsibility whatsoever for the outcome.

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The 773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach

Troy Hunt

As I mentioned earlier, they partnered with HIBP to help drive people interested in personal security towards better personal security practices and obviously there's some neat integration with the data in HIBP too (there's also a dedicated page explaining why I chose them ).