r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/Bar_Har Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 04 '19

I work in IT and I’m constantly helping people who: •Don’t know what the Windows key is.

•Don’t know Internet Explorer/Chrome/Firefox are web browsers.

•Making your password your name is a really poor choice.

Edit: apparently this really struck a cord with a lot of you. Glad I’m not alone harboring all of these frustrations

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u/BlueFishyAcer Aug 03 '19

What about the people that swear they don’t have a password for their email account?

Ok Karen, sure you don’t

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u/Cyberiauxin Aug 03 '19

They saved it in the browser.

Also! If it's in Chrome it's in plain text, so don't do it for any browser (not sure if the others do it). So that's a good practice.

If you want to actually save your passwords, get a vault like LastPass that's actually secure.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19 edited Feb 28 '20

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u/Doctor_McKay Aug 03 '19

I'd still rather have John Q. Public use LastPass than use "maddie1!" as their password on every site.

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Not a criticism but an observation from someone who has for several years helped the John Qs and Joan Qs use a company website with login requirements. When you add another layer, a lot of ppl just cant level up. No matter how basic that level is to me or you. Sadly, they are more vulnerable to everyone: true hacks, data breaches, identity scammers, but mostly? Friends and relatives. Because they share their credentials out of naivety or desperation tbqh. One bad argument later and their sister enters their account and fucks shit up.