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[–] soul@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago (3 children)

This article is FUD from big password.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 18 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

If we all had big passwords, this may not have been an issue to begin with lol

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Probably, but the real problem has been database dumps for a good number of years now. Maybe this thing fixes that?

That is true. That has been, and (for some dumb reason) continues to be, a real problem.