[Gllug] need a password manager for passwords I do not care about

[Justin Perreault]

On Thu, 2008-05-15 at 21:18 +0100, Ryan Cartwright wrote:
> Justin Perreault wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-05-15 at 08:51 +0100, Ryan Cartwright wrote:
> >> The default password needn't be
> >> simple either, it's just the same one for several places (all of which
> >> are of a lesser concern security-wise).
> > 
> > The foot print I am referring to is the one where, 10 sites have your
> > low level default password one gets cracked and the bot nets add it too
> > their login attempts.
> 
> See above. I never said it should be low level. In fact I said the 
> opposite. :o)

Low level as in "low security level due to everybody and their uncle
having it on their system" is what I mean. If the same password is used
on multiple sites I would regard what ever level of protection the
password provides to be reduced as that is one more location that could
be hacked leaving the password in the hands of those who can now take
the time crack them.

I would guess that one really strong password used on 10 sites will have
a greater likely hood of becoming cracked then 10 mediocre passwords
used on 1 site each. Again, just a guess.

Justin

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