People know password reuse is risky but keep doing it anyway (www.helpnetsecurity.com)

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35% of Gen Z said they never or rarely update passwords after a data breach affecting one of their accounts, according to Bitwarden. Only 10% reported always updating compromised passwords. 38% of Gen Z and 31% of Millennials only change a single character or simply recycle an existing password. 79% of Gen Z admit password reuse is risky, yet 59% recycle an existing password when updating accounts with companies that disclose data breaches. 55% of … More → The post People know password reuse is risky but keep doing it anyway appeared first on Help Net Security.

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[-] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

I have continuous fights with my IT dept. I work for OT, so my day is behind a computer doing technical stuff with machines and other computers, so although I'm no expert in cybersecurity, I know the basics about it and about privacy.

It's an everyday war with them for every single thing I try to do. The best one I remember was when I tried to install firefox because I didn't want to use chrome or edge. Tey blocked traffic from firefox through the company's firewall. I called the IT to explain that I wanted to use firefox because I want to use ublock and other privacy related extensions to block tracking, redirect, phishing and other harmful things and I think their response caused me to facepalm in a way I never thought it was possible: they told me that if I wanted privacy, I should use chrome's incognito mode.

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