My nephew the teenager corrected me on password security last Sunday

I was over at my sister's house for dinner and somehow we got talking about passwords. I mentioned I still use the same password for most of my logins because it's easy to remember. My 16 year old nephew just looked at me and said "Uncle Parker, that's how people get their bank accounts drained." He pulled out his phone and showed me this password manager app he uses. I will admit I felt a little foolish. He explained that one breach can expose everything if you reuse passwords everywhere. So I spent the next hour at home setting up a manager and changing my critical accounts. Has anyone else had a younger relative call them out on bad habits like this?

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the_val8d ago

Wait, are you saying I shouldn't have my entire digital life locked behind "Password123"?

faith_lopez488d agoMost Upvoted

@the_val wait, what's your backup plan when that one gets cracked?