Google issues warning on password strength
Credit: Brooke Crothers / GoogleYes, passwords are hell. Strong self-generated passwords often turn into a fog of forgotten letter combinations and phrases.But a more common problem is weak passwords, exposing you to hackers after a major data breach .
And a weak password isn’t necessarily an easy-to-remember phrase like “bob123” but it can also be a strong password that’s being reused across multiple accounts and sites. The point being that if a password is exposed in a data breach then hackers can potentially get into those other accounts.
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