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jlund-molfese
7 months 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
7 months ago
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The number of passwords is probably smaller. ;)
bobmcnamara
7 months ago
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~1.3e9 passwords, ~1.9e9 (account, password) tuples, if I understood
elric
6 months 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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