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Mark 79 · « **on:** May 21, 2016, 02:01:59 PM »

273 million passwords stolen from Google, Yahoo, Microsoft in major security breach
http://www.komando.com/happening-now/357041/top-story-273-million-passwords-stolen-from-google-yahoo-microsoft-in-major-security-breach

klasG4e · « **Reply #1 on:** May 21, 2016, 05:11:15 PM »

We often need to take Snopes with a large grain of salt. That said, this maybe be of some interest:
http://www.snopes.com/hackers-stole-273-passwords/

Mark 79 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 21, 2016, 09:57:21 PM »

Quote from: klasG4e

We often need to take Snopes with a large grain of salt. That said, this maybe be of some interest:
http://www.snopes.com/hackers-stole-273-passwords/

It costs nothing to take the precaution of changing passwords.

May I also recommend that people consider using:
(1) more secure offshore email services (e.g., unseen.is , protonmail.ch );
(2) PGP or GnuPG; and
(3) private VPN (e.g., nordvpn.com )?

klasG4e · « **Reply #3 on:** May 22, 2016, 09:47:24 PM »

Mark 79 said:

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It costs nothing to take the precaution of changing passwords.

May I also recommend that people consider using:
(1) more secure offshore email services (e.g., unseen.is , protonmail.ch );
(2) PGP or GnuPG; and
(3) private VPN (e.g., nordvpn.com )?

Excellent advice. I most strongly concur!