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Skeptoid #553: How Your Password Got Stolen

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

Paranormal, Urban Legends, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Conspiracy Theories, History, Science, Skeptic

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2017

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

The facts, fiction, and real risk to you of all these high-profile data breaches online.

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0:00.0

Use the internet long enough and your password will get stolen.

0:07.7

It's just a fact of life.

0:09.6

Too many websites don't follow best practices, but more than that, far too many of us follow

0:15.5

incredibly naive practices for coming up with and using passwords.

0:20.5

Today, we're going to see what the real threats are and most importantly, find out what we

0:26.4

can do about them.

0:28.9

And that's coming right up on Skeptoid.

0:37.8

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