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I use the same password for everything - just me?

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Definitely not just you-- that's the point of the article.

Most people aren't aware of the dangers, though. Are you?

yea. password managers suck though. and remembering numerous passwords is really hard.

Hence the suggestions for passwords that are a variation on a theme: PclarkYcombinator123$%^

  PclarkGmail123$%^

i will adopt this strategy ;)

The problem with that approach is that once someone figures out 1 of your passwords "PclarkUnsecureWebsite123$%^", it becomes easy for them to guess "PclarkGmail123$%^".

Yes, but that is if someone is looking at it. It is not easy for them to script if they stole a database of accounts and passwords.

I am under the impression direct, targeted attacks are pretty rare, and that most of the purpose of a password is to prevent wide-spread automated attacks.

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