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Apple Passwords Leaked, Yet Crickets here.

Nowadays people care more about their computer security than about their own health and lots of ultraprocessed trash on the supermarket shelves.

I just wasted my time reading this article and… nothing new! “Use single-use passwords, do not store, do not share blahblahblah”. I mean what is the point? Even if someone steals my password for Instagram they would not be able to log in since Meta always checks for new IP logins and notifies if something is not right, i.e. unfamiliar device, different location and so on.

And iCloud? Gotta say good luck to these “crackers”: my main account is 2FA protected ever since I had created it, and my second old account is used only for old apps that I bought and junk mails I don’t care about
 
At first I was excited, I haven’t paid for credit monitoring for at least 6 years. Seems every large company I do business with has been hacked and provides free monitoring, including the MOAB breach. Then I saw the clickbait. Freeze your credit, lock your phone numbers to stop them being stolen, 2 factor or passkey everything you can. Take yourself to dinner for a job well done. Also in US learn how to lock your social security number on E-Verify. It’s relatively easy. Just don’t lose the codes
 
Forbes used to be credible around 40 years ago. Now they're the number one source of main stream media clickbait, misleading content,hyperbole, and sensationalism.

So called "journalists" no longer fact check content. If it appears in more than one source it must be legit. I seen Global News in Canada run with the story. Only after either reading or watching the story do they acknowledge this very likely is not new and the only source claiming or is isn't reliable.

This is why we now have so many who keep repeating misinformation and disinformation enough times on socials that it eventually becomes a believed fact. Hence the earth is flat movement has a record number of believers.
 
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I'd recommend people use an authentication app. My email was broken into after a data leak and it was pretty scary.

Luckily, the credit card the hacker accessed had already been cancelled.
 
Geez this article read like it was written by AI and it wrote it in circles lol. As far as I am aware there have never been any password leaks from Apple IDs. There have been individual targeted attacks, but nothing large scale.
 
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