1. Go read up on HTTP vs HTTPS
2. Never use the same login for 2 websites
The fact this has been upvoted to top position is more worrying than any security worries.
2. Never use the same login for 2 websites
The fact this has been upvoted to top position is more worrying than any security worries.
Dude, my brain would explode.
I use the same pwd on about 100 sites, none of which I would really be upset about if it got stolen.
Of course that means if anyone steals my laptop they have all my logins, but that's extremely unlikely.
Of course that means if anyone steals my laptop they have all my logins."
Would have gone down better, I guess.
I call BS to that. Fair enough for websites that use your banking or credit card information, but for the rest? I don't think so.
For irrelevant sites such as Hacker News, Reddit, whatever other minor web 2 site you can think of, you should ALWAYS use the same password. Why fart around with a ridiculous number of passwords for websites that are nothing more than minor daily distractions?
You're also ignoring reputation. Breaking your Facebook account may not be a huge win by itself, but if I can use it to get your 50 Facebook friends to load a Javascript worm, I might have probably 40-50% of their bank passwords. Look what happened with Orkut a few months back.