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Technology
James Frew

Hackers are still trying to break into my accounts 12 years later —how I managed to stop them

Stressed man in a kitchen sat in front of a laptop with a coffee.

I have a confession to make: I used to reuse passwords.

It’s the number one security sin, but it was the early 2010s, I’d just left college and I couldn’t use one of the best password managers as I didn't know about them yet and they were just starting to become popular. In truth, I didn’t pay much attention to securing my digital life. This was a huge mistake.

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