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jlund-molfese
43 days ago
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Two billion email addresses were exposed
Post should've been titled "1.3 billion passwords were exposed", because, even though the number is slightly smaller, it actually represents something much more important.
layer8
43 days ago
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The number of passwords is probably smaller. ;)
bobmcnamara
43 days ago
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~1.3e9 passwords, ~1.9e9 (account, password) tuples, if I understood
elric
42 days ago
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The joke, presumably, was that many people share the same shitty password (e.g. 123456, password1, etc).
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