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my notes from this article:

  * don't use linkedin
  * don't use hotmail
  * always use 2FA
  * use complicated and different passwords
  * security questions matter
  * avocado toast?
  * change passwords periodically

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> avocado toast?

A couple of Australian doofuses said that it's millenials' own fault they can't afford homes, because some of them buy expensive meals sometimes. http://time.com/money/4778942/avocados-millennials-home-buyi...

The internet has had a lot of fun with it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/food/wp/2017/05/15/dont-...

"Warren and Tyagi demonstrated that buying common luxury items wasn’t the issue for most Americans. The problem was the fixed costs, the things that are difficult to cut back on. Housing, health care, and education cost the average family 75 percent of their discretionary income in the 2000s. The comparable figure in 1973: 50 percent."

Whoa.

I found it rich the millionaire said that given that his grandfather gave him $34k to buy as house(0).

(0):https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/16/millionaire-tells-millennial...

Steps to becoming a millionaire:

1) Family gives you money.

2) Don't squander the money on hookers and blow.

3) Use life opportunities that having wealth brings to create more wealth.[1]

4) Congrats, you're a millionaire.

Anyone can do it!

[1] They say "you need money to make money" and speaking as someone who has both lived with no money and now lives with lots of money, it's sooooooo true. The more money you have the easier it is to acquire even more money.

well i saw the storm on twitter where the lady was all "i am old enough o be your damn mama and also i'm black and you should eat the avocado toast because carpe diem" or some shit and it got like 36K likes and 15K retweets. so i figured it was just more of that.

https://twitter.com/tangelaekhoff/status/864667137138360320?...

>security questions matter

This sucks and I wish I could turn it off on accounts that I've set up my yubi key on. It's a strong password at best and my mothers maiden name at worst.

Name of childhood physician: dr. EeNohsh3yaiw3vaHaic4

I am still so pissed about the Linkedin leak. I will never use them again.

still confused about why people use them in the first place.i see no benefits of having a linkedin account. i'm probably just confused about what they are and how they work.

In my experience it exists so that lazy recruiters can relentlessly spam users with completely irrelevant job vacancies based on odd keywords that appear in their profiles.

A year ago I made the transition from contract developer to employer and therefore have a lot of "developer" keywords and experience on there. My profile makes it very clear that I'm busy running a business and not looking for entry-level contract positions. It also clearly says "no agencies" in the contact details. I still get multiple messages and connection requests from clueless recruiters playing the numbers game to the point where the site actually has a net negative value to me due to wasted time.

Still, I'll probably go check it out now that I've been reminded that it exists... If only to go and clear out my inbox again.

I’m now realizing you could easily social engineer my S Questions out of me.

Beside that I follow basically everything on this list (not avocado toast) :)

> always use 2FA

Well if you are using your phone and change countries you end up with lot of issues as I found out the hard way :(

U2F. Just sad support is growing so slowly.

avocado toast!

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