I received an email from Quora informing me of the breach, but I do not have an account. I even used the "Forgot Password" function to confirm - why did I receive this email?
Quora User Data Compromised
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#392I didn't even know I had a quora account. Never continuously registered one. Got the e-mail though. Tried to log in, had to "complete my account" before I could go on.....wtf.... I deleted my account now, tho.
I also received an email, do not have an account, even a partially created one like you. Odd.
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#393Earlier quoted context omitted.
Quora does not only want you to sign in, they want you to show your real identity instead of a handle or another pseudonym. For a simple online service, it should never be necessary to use your real identity, if only as a privacy-enhancing measure.
As a reminder: Last year, Quora moved to 'new anonymity', i.e., no more anonymity. I had received the following message on 16 March 2017: Hello! We will be moving to the new anonymity on Quora experience very soon. If you would like to edit or delete your existing anonymous content in the future, please provide your email here before March 20, 2017. You are receiving this message because we have not yet received an e…
newanon would make great newspeak if someone rewrote 1984 for the modern world.
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#394Earlier quoted context omitted.
Lastpass has been going downhill with every acquisition and had gotten to the point where autofill failed on the majority of sites and the "copy password" menu item disappeared, bringing clicks-to-login from 1 to ~10. A few weeks ago I saw bitwarden finish their third party security audit and took the opportunity to jump. Couldn't be happier. Autofill fails less, the "copy password" menu works, the mobile experience…
I moved from LastPass to 1Password recently. Had been using LastPass for several years, but filling failures, the lack of copy password in FF (and no binary workaround for Linux), and generally unhelpful support when I contacted them prompted me to move. Very happy with 1PasswordX (the browser-only version) - filling is much better, copy is supported out of the box, support have been very helpful when I've reached ou…
I was a 1Password fan for many years, until the big push to go subscription. For now I'm just using Apple's keychain until I decide what tool to use next. If you're in Apple's ecosystem, keychain actually works pretty well.
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#396Earlier quoted context omitted.
LastPass is one of my least liked most used tools. Everything about the implentation feels second rate; slow, unreliable login capture, unreliable form fill, occasional inability to edit records, buried password copy, clunky UI, inappropriate modal nagging in browser and app... Most times I use it I am cursing it. I tried to switch to pass, and I'm not sure if it was something to do with how I imported but it didn't…
I have the same disappointing experience with LastPass and have grown tired of it. One of these days I will do something about it!
I'm in the same boat. The user experience on it is terrible now.
The worse thing that happens to me is if I generate a password, and then Lastpass doesn't save it! It feels like a 50% shot it will actually save the generated password.
I have nearly 1000 passwords stored in it now, so it's going to be a huge pain to migrate.
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#397Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have the same disappointing experience with LastPass and have grown tired of it. One of these days I will do something about it!
Check out Keepass! Rather than syncing directly into a Cloud, it allows you to store a database file into any location. It supports MFA (e.g. by combining a password with a secret file, or a Yubikey). And everything is open-source. I like the model a lot, because it solves the "database ownership" issue, where your Password provider (be it LastPass, 1Password, etc) becomes in itself a weak link.
I used to use KeePass but the lack of a proper crossplatform UI eventually broke it for me; KeePassX on linux looked and performed terribly, the Android app was just bad, etc etc etc.
I switched to 1password which - at least at the time - offered a web-based fallback hosted from your own dropbox. Plus at the time you owned the data and were responsible for storing and syncing it. Dropbox support came out of the box but if you want you can use a local file.
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#398I think at this point it should be standard practice to say what hashing algorithm is used in passwords when disclosing a breach. The email I got from quota just says “encrypted” passwords, and while the blog post says “hashed”, it doesn’t say what algorithm. For all we know it could be something useless like MD5
This comment should be voted to the top of the conversation. "Hashed" means absolutely nothing these days.
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#399I really started hating Quora a while back, probably 3 years ago and stopped collaborating. Most because "people" were spamming answers with marketing bs... So many answers start with "I'm Bob, CEO of MyCompany.com, I am an expert in this and that" Most Quora users are hungry for answers and flood-request you to answer their question just because the system recommends them to do so. No matter how many times you pass,…
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#400Earlier quoted context omitted.
Privacy.com is US only though.
Is it only for US persons or does it just require a US bank account? Because then you can get one from transferwise.
Thanks, unfortunately not enough.
In order to use Payment Services, you must be at least 18 years old. You confirm that you are either a legal resident of the United States, a United States citizen or a business entity authorized to conduct business by the state(s) in which you operate and that you are an authorized signatory for the business you represent.