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Same password everywhere? Bad idea.

Thijs’s advice to others

Use a password manager. They also have security checks which tell you when it’s time to change your password.

Thijs

Age 26, Netherlands, specialist

The story

I become a victim once a year or so, it is mainly because I used the same password on multiple sites.

One of those sites got hacked, and all passwords were leaked, so my password was on the internet in plain text together with my email address. At that moment I realized that I should use a password manager and have a unique and complex password for every website.

I also changed most usernames/email addresses to unique ones so if my email/password gets leaked I only have one specific email account leaked. So that’s safer than using the same email on every website (also because of tracking).

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3E6DB64A	Used by chat widget from Nanorep.Determines unique visitor ID used on the new reporting page to group queries performed by the same visitor.	1 year
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rc::c	This cookie is used to identify the difference between humans and bots.	Session
PHPSESSID	Preserves user session state across page requests.	Session
csrf	Ensures visitor browsing-security by preventing cross-site request forgery.	30 days
Oauth2_authentication_csrf	Ensures visitor browsing-security by preventing cross-site request forgery during the OAuth 2.0 authentication and consent flow.	30 days
oauth2_consent_csrf	Ensures visitor browsing-security by preventing cross-site request forgery during the OAuth 2.0 authentication and consent flow.	30 days

Cookie name	Description	Expiration
locale	The cookie determines the preferred language and country-setting of the visitor.	1 year
cookieconsent_status	Determines whether the visitor has accepted the cookie consent box.	1 year
fontsCssCache	Determines whether the visitor has cached fonts so the font would not be cached again upon re-entry.	7 days
CurrentSession	Retrieving the traffic sources data (source, medium, campaign, term, content, date) of the different sessions.	182 days
FirstSession	Retrieving the traffic sources data (source, medium, campaign, term, content, date) of the different sessions.	182 days
ReturningSession	Retrieving the traffic sources data (source, medium, campaign, term, content, date) of the different sessions.	182 days
_domainTest{timestamp}	Determines websites domain value for cross-domain support.	Session
popups_referrer	Used for popup management.	7 days
popups_session_duration	Used for popup management.	7 days
popups_session_pageviews	Used for popup management.	7 days
popups_chains	Used for popup management.	7 days
popups_chains_finished	Used for popup management.	7 days
bc.visitorToken	Used by chat widget from Nanorep.Determines unique visitor ID used on the new reporting page to group queries performed by the same visitor.	1 year
bc.visitor_token	Used by chat widget from Nanorep.Determines unique visitor ID used on the new reporting page to group queries performed by the same visitor.	1 year
3E6DB64A	Used by chat widget from Nanorep.Determines unique visitor ID used on the new reporting page to group queries performed by the same visitor.	1 year
u	Used by chat widget from Nanorep.Determines unique visitor ID used on the new reporting page to group queries performed by the same visitor.	1 year
session	Contains a session identifier that is used to remember the user’s agent and allows the system to re-authenticate users without credentials.	30 days

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