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		treblig on April 6, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Plain Text Offenders - Did you just email me back ... Pretty scary feeling: search your gmail inbox for your default password.

driverdan on April 6, 2011 | [–]

Default password? There's your first problem. Use a utility like LastPass or 1Password. You shouldn't have a default password.

piaskal on April 6, 2011 | [–]

Thank you for this. Now I have a list of places where I need to delete my account or change password.

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