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by meriksson 5282 days ago
I've been a Stratfor subscriber on and off since they got started about 15 years ago (I was 14 years old at the time). The last time around I got a new subscription, Stratfor set a new password for me, and it was... "stratfor".

This is just about the only bad thing I have to say about Stratfor. Being a long-time subscriber, I am always a few steps ahead of basically everyone else when it comes to global politics, and this has been very useful and enjoyable over the years.

One thing worth pointing out is that a Stratfor account like mine does not contain any sensitive information. It gives me access to exactly the same Stratfor reports as any other subscriber. As far as I know, it would not be possible to obtain e.g. my credit card details by using that password.