Nasty Spam
Over the years I have posted a number of humorous spam emails I've received. With Gmail now filtering away every single one of those I only see them when I clear out the InBox which, tbh, is very very rarely.
Today a piece spam email caught my eye - its subject was made up on just one word, a very VERY old password of mine.
I've long been working on the assumption that my old passwords have been collated and distributed alongside millions of others. In 2019 I spent a week closing old accounts, changing passwords to unique gobbledygook, and ensuring I have them all stored in my password manager. Oh, and for everything I could I turned on 2FA.
You should do the same otherwise you will get some spam like the following and it will do more than intrigue you, you will be in a world of pain even without the mythical video of your web visits.
- Delete all old accounts
(a good but maybe old help: How to delete your accounts from any website: From Amazon to Facebook) - Change all passwords
- Different one for each and every account
(use a password manager, seriously, do it!) - Use a password generator, ie: https://passwordsgenerator.net/
- Enable on two-factor authentication everywhere
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