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so you know how you're not supposed to use the same password for multiple things? I do, or very slight variations. whatever, leave me alone. ebay

Posted by the mystifying virtuoso (aka amanda) May 22 '14, 08:52

is the *one* password I have that is vastly different from everything else.

so that's good.

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I make sure that even if some sites have the same or similar passwords, my gmail one is very different from all of those. - zork May 22, 08:55 2
- Hmmm, this is a good idea. - mara May 22, 09:47
- yeah, my emails are different. so they can't 'change passwords' if they crack it, and if i want to secure my email it is one to change, not zillions. -- nm - Andie May 22, 08:56
Somehow my userid for ebay wound up different from my other userids - ty97 May 22, 08:54 1
- you're the reason my ebay pass is different -- so you can take it away more easily (this is actually true). -- nm - the mystifying virtuoso May 22, 08:55
"your username can not be the same as your email...." - groiny May 22, 08:53 1
- They do not want people emailing direct and cutting them out. -- nm - Spawn Lord May 22, 09:10
i do variations based on the site. but emails and banking and ebay and paypal are all unique. whew. -- nm - Andie May 22, 08:53 5
- I switched to the convention you mentioned a while back and it's great. thank you. - Mel Profit May 22, 08:54 4
  - That's similar to what I started doing, but also added 2 digits related to the year so that I can change it annually and always know what it is -- nm - Banzai! May 22, 09:03 1
    - nice. -- nm - Andie May 22, 09:06
  - so easy, right? -- nm - Andie May 22, 09:00 1
    - yes and helpful because it makes it easier to remember the p/ws. It's one of the best life hacks I've come across. -- nm - Mel Profit May 22, 09:05

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so you know how you're not supposed to use the same password for multiple things? I do, or very slight variations. whatever, leave me alone. ebay

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