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Was this always happening in this big scope? Leaks of games, data that is stolen, all these breaches in big companies. Feels like I see this everyday

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In my experience, it’s always been this bad. However, as the world becomes more connected, it becomes easier to find systems to break into and easier to find ways to break in. It’s only recently that most countries have enacted legislation to enforce mandatory reporting of data breaches, and so we hear more about them.

Cyber security has always been (and probably always will be) an arms race between those who want to secure data and those who want to steal it. As the value and usefulness of data goes up, so does the desire of the bad guys to steal it. Identity theft and just plain ransoming of data are only ever going to increase.

Use:

  • a password manager
  • a different random password or pass phrase for every site
  • a different random email address for each site (Apple’s “Hide my Email”; Firefox Relay; DuckDuckGo mail; 33mail, for example)
  • different false details as much as possible for every site

Don’t:

  • Use the same details (name, password, email address) on every site
  • use your real details if you can possibly avoid it. If you must, misspell your details (“Johhn Smith”, “1 Maiin Street”) so that you can track the misuse of your data.
[–] Delphia 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Or buy a domain and run all your email through a catchall with different emails for different services.

Netflix @johnsmith.com, fishingworld @johnsmith.com etc.

Makes it easy to tell who cant be trusted.

[–] Lemminary 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

fishingworld

Thought that said "fistingworld" and almost spilled my drink

[–] Delphia 2 points 11 months ago

Funny thing is when you have a catchall you can tell your friends your email is whatever the fuck you want. One of my buddies deadset thought my email address that everyone got was "Ifuckcats@email.com" for years.