Overheard a guy in line at the grocery store tell his friend 'just use your dog's name for every account'

Man I was right behind him buying milk. Wanted to tap his shoulder so bad. My cousin did that with her cat's name 'Whiskers' and a scammer cleaned out her rewards points in like 10 minutes. Has anyone else heard people say stuff like this in public?

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bennett.harper27d ago

Why do people act surprised when their dog's name isn't a vault-level password? Next thing you know they'll be writing it on a sticky note and slapping it on their monitor. Guess that's just free advertising for the hackers at that point.

cole_flores4427d ago

Yikes, pet names are usually the first thing hackers try.

the_max27d ago

Ever think about how obvious we all are? My buddy had his cat's name in his password and some kid cracked it in like ten minutes just from his Instagram posts.