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Re: Quora User Data Compromised

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Post by zbentley » Wed, Dec 05, 2018, 2:21 PM UTC

mulmen wrote: post #194

zbentley wrote: post #182

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I'll bite. How did they not harm their users?

Equifax’s customers are whoever pays them for access to data. Their customers are not the people who had their personal data exposed. The first rule of Web 2.0 is still true: if you are not paying for the product you are the product.

It costs me money (past a certain number of freebies) to access Equifax's data on me--to get a credit report.

I get that this is not their main business model, and that their customers that they bundle and sell consumer data to are more valuable. But end users, in this case, are still customers. They still pay money and get a service in return. Contrasted with e.g. Google services, it's a different scenario.

Re: Quora User Data Compromised

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Post by silasdavis » Wed, Dec 05, 2018, 4:46 PM UTC

konschubert wrote: post #504

silasdavis wrote: post #203

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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…

LastPass has corporate mismanagement written all over it. It's ridiculous how bad their product is considering how big they were.

It is puzzling. My feeling is that for quite some time they had a lead on features (cross-platform, browser overlay, secret sharing) - particularly the combination of features whereas competitors always seemed to have a subset. That's what reluctantly kept me with them. The software quality does just seem quite bad though.

Re: Quora User Data Compromised

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Post by silasdavis » Wed, Dec 05, 2018, 4:48 PM UTC

gketuma wrote: post #516

silasdavis wrote: post #203

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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…

Has anyone tried ButterCup ( https://buttercup.pw/ ). I've been looking at the codebase and it seems really solid.

I will add this to my password manager binge (because I know how to party). I did find the NPM build a bit frightening though - module 956/1xxx built...

Also that site looks like it should be selling something but I see no money hole - should I be worried?

Re: Quora User Data Compromised

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Post by arvinsim » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 10:09 AM UTC

J253 wrote: post #278

arvinsim wrote: post #123

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Hmmm, I have been using the Keepass + Dropbox combo. Wanted to change to a more streamlined experience. The current choices of 1Password, LastPass and Dashlane didn't seem to attract me. I will give Bitwarden a try.

This is what I do too. Biggest complaint is the lack of official apps for mobile devices. I’ve used MiniKeePass in the past but am hesitant because there doesn’t seem to be much active development and I don’t see the source code anywhere. Do you access kbdx files on mobile devices? If so, what do you use?

I am using Keepass Touch in iOS

Re: Quora User Data Compromised

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Post by jiveturkey » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 10:20 PM UTC

ryacko wrote: post #515

jiveturkey wrote: post #514

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the real feature of privacy.com is the ability to use any address. who cares if your CC is compromised? get one just for recurring balances and another for everything else.

Outside of the top ten SFW subscription services, they are all prone to being hacked.

I don't follow your argument. Yes, any merchant is going to get hacked. My argument is, I don't care a whit about my CC being stolen. My liability is zero and I can just get a new card. The only thing I care about is the hassle of setting up a new card for recurring balances. Hence, why I need at least 2 cards.

OTOH I do care about my name, address, and other PII being stolen. That is where privacy.com is a help. But not because it protects me from CC loss.