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by dgellow 2225 days ago
> Why load it at all? Because every single time I ask about whether I should add data from an unattributable source, the answer is an overwhelming "yes"

To be fair, you’re asking your followers on twitter. That’s as biased as you can have, I would be really surprised if the majority would say no.

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I got notified that I'm in this breach, and I honestly don't know what (if anything) I can do with this information, which implies "If it's not actionable, why bother telling me at all?"

Unique passwords per site, with a password manager? Done a long time ago. Should I change some of them? OK, which ones? there are hundreds.

Details of what else about me is in this breech? Not clear where I can find that.

> Should I change some of them? OK, which ones? there are hundreds.

The ones that you know were pwned.

In theory you should change all passwords all the time, but this is a practical middle-ground between that and "never".

> The ones that you know were pwned.

Breaches like this one give no indication of which password is exposed, if any.

AFAIK, there is nothing actionable.

This is a positive bias IMO, and any negative reactions that bubble up in the replies are going to be more useful.