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Originally Posted by emcon5 View Post
Which is the problem. The only real vulnerability is the login, because the credentials are sent plain text.

The whole "creatures of habit" thing is when lazy people use the same username and password for multiple different things.

What I meant by “the data passed here” is people drop breadcrumbs about themselves in their posts. They drop some of the same breadcrumbs all over the internet. You just need to have a knack for spotting them.

I don’t even know my passwords.

I went to a password manager a while back.

Let it gereate random passwords every time I create a new account.

Opt in for two factor whenever it’s offered.

Use a security token app on any site that supports it.

Pelican not secure? Meh.
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