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I finally got my dad to stop reusing his old passwords after a close call
About six months ago, his main email got a weird login alert from a city we've never been to, and we spent a whole afternoon resetting everything. It took seeing that alert pop up for him to understand why 'Fluffy1987' wasn't cutting it anymore. What's a good way you've convinced a family member to take a basic security step?
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ruby56116d ago
It's funny how people need to see the smoke before they believe there's a fire. My mom was the same with two-factor auth until her book club friend got scammed. Julia92 has the right idea about just doing it for them, because sometimes the explanation is the hardest part. It's like trying to get someone to back up their phone before they actually lose it all.
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Honestly, I've had more luck just setting up a password manager for them quietly.
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