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Evgeny Pozdeev in UDAPTOR

Jun 4, 2020

How to check if your password has been stolen?

British Airways, MyHeritage, Equifax share as far as we know at least 1 thing…

Evgeny Pozdeev in UDAPTOR

Jun 3, 2020

A tip on creating passwords

We know that we probably didn’t convince you to get a password manager in a previous post, but we still care…

Evgeny Pozdeev in UDAPTOR

Jun 2, 2020

PaOn passwords recycling

“Don’t put all your eggs in one basket” — that’s what an old saying tells us, and of course it’s not about eggs. It’s pretty obvious why having the same password for multiple services is risky: different companies handle privacy with different diligence, some of them still store your…

Evgeny Pozdeev in UDAPTOR

May 29, 2020

Fun facts time!

There are around 14 000 000 000 cards in the world right now, most of which still use 4-digit passwords despite the fact that today there are way better approaches for securing a card. In total there are only 10 000 unique options for passwords. That means that your password would match…

Evgeny Pozdeev in UDAPTOR

May 24, 2020

How many of your important passwords are only 4-digits?

Probably the pin for your bank or your phone password all fall into this category. Crazy, no? New ways of authenticating — fingerprint, face id, 9-dot lock — are becoming more and more popular, but the legacy doesn’t seem to…