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[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 27 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

My dumbass read "github" and I had a small heart attack.

[–] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 5 points 3 weeks ago

I was right there with you

[–] starshipwinepineapple@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Even if it was github, they have mandatory 2fa now which would help. Still some risks for people who reuse passwords on other services or if their 2fa got compromised (sim swaps), etc but wouldn't be full blown catastrophic

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought the point of salting was that the reuse doesn't matter as much?

[–] napkin2020@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

There's always a chance you get phished and your password as a plaintext gets compromised. Using a same password makes it extra damaging.