Changing passwords and AI pet name warning

    by Gigliola: Instagram

    Sorry in advance to every dog named Max. A pet's name as a password plus a feed full of that pet on Instagram is the kind of link AI can make in about a second, and the same password on every account just makes it easier. So change the ones you've repeated, and writing them down on actual paper is on the table. Stay Curious.

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    changing passwords if you've got a bunch of accounts that have the same password might make sense to think about changing those passwords and also physically writing them down even guys yeah totally yeah and also like think of the connections that can be made right we've talked about this before but just through social engineering now like these tools can also amplify social engineering efforts too and if you're if you have pictures of your dog right and your dog name is your password or whatever it may be. It's not very difficult to create a tool that could consolidate all this information and try every version of that. Plus, we as humans, we all think we're snowflakes. We do very similar things to other people. Meaning if you went to that place, a lot of other people probably did too. Meaning it's not that hard for a machine to guess the combination of variables given your unique set of experiences. Does that all make sense? Totally. So definitely go through and look at the stuff that you log into frequently. And don't just mindlessly type in the password. Think about what is this? And is there any connection to me that would be easy to obtain? We talk about how the internet is messing with all of us all the time. So if you're into that kind of thing, definitely hit follow.