VPN's tho. O wait globalists are throttling all VPN's in the US. which is MASSIVE power that no man should be able to do. Thats what convinced me this is an actual invasion of the US
If you use Gab and your password there is the same one you use elsewhere - CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD ELSEWHERE.
The passwords are encrypted, but are now capable of being bruteforced (try every possible combination of letters/numbers) now that they have the hashes.
There are also very sophisticated dictionary attacks out there that can break lots of hashed passwords.
As long as they properly salted and hashed their database, the chances of brute forced and dictionary attacks means that in about 40-80 years, they'll be able to break it.
If however, it's not properly salted and hashed. It'll take all of about 8 seconds to break.
Everyone should be using a password manager. A different password for every account, ideally multiple emails as well all with fake aliases.
I only use my real name on one account that's used for work and shopping considering my address and credit cards could be linked to that account. All other accounts could be anyones.
Best practice is to have a fake identity for each account. Its a stretch to try and speak or type differently, but false information is enough to mask your actual identity. And of course, never post anything that could be used to identify the real you.
There is no privacy on the internet.
Once something goes to the internet, it belongs to the internet forever.
VPN's tho. O wait globalists are throttling all VPN's in the US. which is MASSIVE power that no man should be able to do. Thats what convinced me this is an actual invasion of the US
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If you use Gab and your password there is the same one you use elsewhere - CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD ELSEWHERE.
The passwords are encrypted, but are now capable of being bruteforced (try every possible combination of letters/numbers) now that they have the hashes.
There are also very sophisticated dictionary attacks out there that can break lots of hashed passwords.
As long as they properly salted and hashed their database, the chances of brute forced and dictionary attacks means that in about 40-80 years, they'll be able to break it.
If however, it's not properly salted and hashed. It'll take all of about 8 seconds to break.
Everyone should be using a password manager. A different password for every account, ideally multiple emails as well all with fake aliases.
I only use my real name on one account that's used for work and shopping considering my address and credit cards could be linked to that account. All other accounts could be anyones.
Best practice is to have a fake identity for each account. Its a stretch to try and speak or type differently, but false information is enough to mask your actual identity. And of course, never post anything that could be used to identify the real you.
VPNs have no effect against stored data.
Truth.
ProtonMail, when used correctly, can be perfectly safe.
Anybody sending even slightly sensitive material over any method, on any social media site, is a moron.