I used the same password for everything until a coworker called me out

At my last job in Austin, I had an Excel sheet with all my logins because I couldn't remember them all. A guy from IT saw me typing from it one day and just laughed and said 'you know that's how people get cleaned out, right?' I thought I was being smart by having them written down. Turns out I was basically handing out the keys to my whole life. Has anyone else had a wake-up call that made them actually change their habits?

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fiona_johnson827d ago

Stop saving passwords in plain text on your desktop.

ross.sean7d ago

Jumpin in here because this is something nobody touches on - even your browser's built-in password manager is basically handing your life to anyone who borrows your laptop for a second. @fiona_johnson82 I feel you on the plain text thing, but check this: once I had a buddy use my computer to print something and he accidentally saw my saved browser passwords pop up. I was using Chrome's autofill back then (stupid, I know) and he could've copied my bank login from that one glance. A proper password manager with a master password and two-factor authentication is the only real fix, even if it feels like extra steps at first.