Nerdy PWs leaked:
Treebeard - “This password has been seen 1,207 times before in data breaches!”
NedStark - 20 times
CerseiLannister - 30 times
youknownothingjonsnow - 61 times
PicardIsSexy - 0 times (!The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world you’re safe. ;)
NSFW passwords
spoiler
bigdick - 178,712 (!?!)
bigpussy - 9,226
longpussy - 26
longdick - 10,762
wetpussy - 61,575
wetdick - 579
twat - 6,588
dickhead - 201,942
((More to come later))
very sane reaction.
I have to say though, haveibeenpwned is very well regarded in the industry, and is run by a well known security expert. A leak from there would be quite the blow to his reputation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_I_Been_Pwned
That said, while I happily give them my email-addresses, I have never given them my password.
I’m not so sure that it would be a huge blow. He’s only human and everyone is susceptible to the odd mistake.
He did get phished last year and blogged about it after it happened which is the transparent approach that security experts say is the correct response. I’m pleased that he followed the advice that he gives to be honest and don’t think any less of him for suffering a breach.
https://www.troyhunt.com/a-sneaky-phish-just-grabbed-my-mailchimp-mailing-list/
Fair, I misstated that. A deliberate leak from there would be quite the blow to his reputation.
All it takes is a malicious actor to MITM or a compromised codebase or any other malicious things to slip in something and its also pwned.
I’ve seen too many widely recognized and supposedly secure things fail, to trust this with my passwords.
I’d argue though, if you use a single password for everything, its probably more secure to add it here to to at least get an indication when it’s breached. Your surface in that case is already so large that the difference is negligible compared to the gained warning.
That said, don’t reuse passwords!
I hope for humanity’s sake that you’re joking.
Why?
Because using a reputable k-anonymity service is as risky as throwing apple peels in the trash. Or just looking at an apple.