On Dec 5, 2012, at 2:18 PM, M Jarvis <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm not sure I understand the logic behind doing this... assuming it
> hasn't already been hacked, and assuming I have a 'good' password to
> begin with, if I change it to another 'good' password, isn't it just
> as likely to be hacked as the original one?
Many sites still store passwords, and not hashes. For those sites,
regularly changing them is a good idea so that if the site is compromised and
the passwords stolen, they won't be able to access your account. But for sites
that do not store passwords, changing a strong password has no benefit.
-- Ed Leafe
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