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Windows 11 To Receive a Built-In Windows Hello Passkey Manager
Microsoft is going to be improving the passkey experience by allowing users to access more accounts through Windows Hello and passkeys built into Windows 11. Microsoft Built-In Passkey Manager Remembering all of your passwords is a chore, which is why many of us turn to password managers such as LastPass,…
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Norton Password Manager Hack Results in Huge Security Breach for Users!
Editorial Note – Parent company Gen Digital has reached out to us just to confirm that the issue is 100% entirely contained within Norton Password Manager and we would like to clarify, just in case of any ambiguity, that this article bears no reflection on Gen Digital’s other online security…
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Netflix to Start its Account Sharing Crackdown in Early 2023
Earlier this week, changes to the UK’s Intellectual Property guidelines officially confirmed that the sharing of passwords on streaming services such as Netflix, Disney+, Spotify, etc. was now categorically against the law. – Yep, those UK residents among you reading this who participate in ‘account sharing’ activities, you are now…
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New UK Guidelines Make Account Sharing (Such as on Netflix) Officially Illegal
Netflix, and the vast majority of other subscription-based hosting platforms no doubt, take a pretty dim view of the practice of account sharing. – For the consumer, of course, while doing this is almost certainly against your terms of service, it does clearly offer a pretty notable financial benefit and…
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Netflix Expected to Introduce Password Sharing Charges Worldwide Next Year!
While it would clearly be hyperbole to say that Netflix is in full-blown panic mode at the moment, it’s hard to deny that, on the whole, things do definitely seem to be in a downward trend. A factor clearly highlighted only earlier this week when the video streaming platform confirmed…
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Research Firm Reveals Our Worst Password Categories!
When it comes to most security research announcements about the passwords we use online, the information is usually pretty standard. We see god awful list of very easy-to-guess codes (123456, qwerty, etc.) that usually makes us not want to live on this planet anymore. – Following a report via TechSpot,…
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The UK’s Worst Passwords Revealed!
Choosing an online password can be an exceptionally frustrating experience. One that often leads us into making some very poor choices simply out of either the ease to remember, or quite frankly, just pure laziness. – Despite many websites now requiring more and more cryptic inputs, however, it seems that…
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Twitch Confirms Hack But Doesn’t Think Passwords Were Stolen
If you’ve been paying attention to the tech news this week, then it undoubtedly came to your attention that streaming platform Twitch had apparently suffered a huge data breach. We say apparently, because while we were able to find this data ourselves, the platform had still yet to officially confirm…
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Donald Trump’s Twitter Password Was Idiotically Bad?
Say what you will about Donald Trump (and I daresay you might have a lot to talk about on that subject), but it’s hard to deny that since his Presidency began in 2016, he hasn’t been shy about making his thoughts known on Twitter. – Following a report via Gizmodo,…
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NordPass Reveal the 200 Worst Passwords of 2020
It’s pretty well known that the human race is, by and large, pretty lousy at making passwords. Rather ironically, however, as many websites now require us to get more creative to meet their security standards (such as the inclusion of number/s and/or special characters), this has again led to a…
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The 25 Worst Passwords of 2019 Have Been Revealed
With the vast majority of us now having several online accounts (if not hundreds), it can sometimes be rather difficult to come up with solid (and more importantly, memorable) passwords. As such, it’s hardly surprising that we can, upon occasion, get more than a little lazy in the process. It…
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Password Stealing Malware Up 60% Reports Kaspersky
It should hardly be a secret to anyone involved in the internet that there are people out there that would absolutely love to get their hands on some of our personal information. Account names, passwords, and almost certainly credit card information all fall within that remit. It seems, however, that…
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Microsoft Insider Build Plans To Ditch Windows 10 Passwords
Arguably since the launch of Windows 10, Microsoft has been making the case that passwords (in the traditional sense) may not be the best way to keep your system secure. For example, many users are these days encouraged to sign in with a pin-code rather than with a password. A…
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Microsoft Admits Password Rules Don’t Work
Time To Change Your Password? It is perhaps one of the biggest frustrations when you attempt to log into one of your accounts to find that it requires you to enter a new password. This is, of course, a reality of the modern online world. Although figures so tend to…
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Man Arrested For Selling Netflix & Spotify Passwords
Man Arrested For Selling Passwords! With various subscription-based services offering you access to music, films or TV, it is of course, critical to ensure that your password is good and regularly updated. When you own access to an account that, for example, allows multiple-simultaneous logins, it’s hard to know whether…
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