Password reuse defeats the purpose of passwords

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When a person reuses the same password across multiple accounts, one account’s exposure puts all the others at risk. To prevent this, cybersecurity awareness programs must emphasize the importance of passwords: how to create them, use them, and how to use a password manager. There are four forms of password reuse and they all are bad The first and easiest to prevent is the use of the same password on the same account. For example, … More

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