TL;DR: memoryOS boosts memory recall by up to 70% using fun, proven techniques — a 1-year subscription is $74.99 (MSRP $149.99) for a limited time.

We've all been there: blanking on someone's name mid-intro, losing your place during a presentation, or forgetting the password you swore you'd remember. — Read the rest

TL;DR: Lifetime subscription to FastestPass Password Manager is just $29.99 (reg. $72) — your digital vault for every login, forever.

Your brain has enough going on without also being the bouncer at the exclusive nightclub of your online accounts. You're not a 24/7 security guard. — Read the rest

I've been using 1Password for at least a decade. I do not want to use Apple Passwords. I do not like Apple Passwords. Killing this unrequested service on my iPad and iPhone was easy: just delete the app. Doing it on a Mac? — Read the rest

The Trump Administration's "SignalGate" leak of war plans only gets worse and worse.

German news site DER SPIEGEL reveals that private data, including mobile phone numbers and passwords, of U.S. security officials included in the Signal chat have been exposed online. — Read the rest

Disney employee Matthew Van Andel first discovered something was wrong when a stranger on Discord messaged him with details from his private workplace Slack conversations. As reported in The Wall Street Journal, the hacker had been lurking in his computer for five months after Van Andel downloaded malware-infected AI software from GitHub. — Read the rest

Tired of dealing with hacked accounts, Microsoft is to delete a billion insecure passwords, forcing users to pick better ones.

The company now "blocks 7,000 attacks on passwords per second… almost double from a year ago." It has also seen adversary-in-the-middle phishing attacks increase by 146% year over year."

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The European Union's privacy regulator fined Meta, parent company of Facebook, 91 million euros for storing users' passwords in plaintext. It was a bug—sloppy, but not intentional—and they turned themselves in. The fine was for failure to implement "data protection by design and by default." — Read the rest

TL;DR: Evade password hackers by storing your passwords on Thetis, a physical password key that ensures only you can access your info. A three-pack is now on sale for less than $65!

Still storing your passwords on your iCloud key? — Read the rest

A 2011 xkcd comic popularized the idea of using memorable but nonsensical words as passwords. The comic provided the example "correct horse battery staple," which is easy to remember but difficult to crack through brute force methods.

Recently, I stumbled upon an insult passphrase generator. — Read the rest

Great news! That massive, roughly 7 million people-strong data breach from late last year is your fault, not the 23andMe's. You know your genetic lineage and racial makeup information is in good hands when the company in charge of it immediately lays the blame on the victim. — Read the rest

TL;DR: If you need a safe, secure way to lock something, look no further than the Mini Smart Fingerprint Padlock. Not only is it an easy, smart method for locking up your valuables, but it's now more affordable than ever — usually retailing for $34, it's now on sale for just $24.99. — Read the rest

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Let's face it. You've definitely sat in front of your laptop, straining your memory to figure out what you made your password years ago. — Read the rest

Nordpass partnered with researchers to evaluate a 3TB database to find the 200 most common passwords. Topping the list is "password," followed by "123456," which is not surprising. But the 9th most common password is "col123456." Why is that so popular? — Read the rest

From your music streaming subscriptions and bank accounts to your work laptop, passwords unlock the most vital things in our lives. Unfortunately, that's a mess to track unless you're exceptionally organized or have some intricate communication system for your passwords and logins. — Read the rest

Nowadays, strong, complicated passwords are necessary for everything in life, and there's nothing more frustrating than forgetting it and being locked out of your own accounts. Saving your passwords on websites is an alternative, but then your personal information is accessible to cyber-hacking. — Read the rest

Microsoft users might be able to throw away the sticky note taped to their laptop: the company introduced a new option to delete password authentication.

Microsoft uses its authenticator app, fingerprint/facial recognition, and SMS/email verification codes to verify accounts— which may be more secure than using "soccerlover123" or "Mychemicalromance1998!" — Read the rest

You do everything online these days, from banking to chatting with long-distance family members to car shopping. And thanks to the plethora of services and apps we have at our fingertips today, we can complete our many online tasks with incredible ease.  — Read the rest

Next year, residents of Singapore won't need a passport to return to their home country. When they get home, all travelers will have to do is submit to a quick facial, retinal, or fingerprint scan and let the database find them to confirm their identities. — Read the rest

The far-right hate platform Gab has been hacked and 70GB of private posts and other data are being made available to journalists and social scientists, says Distributed Denial of Secrets cofounder Emma Best.

From Wired:

 "It contains pretty much everything on Gab, including user data and private posts, everything someone needs to run a nearly complete analysis on Gab users and content," Best wrote in a text message interview with WIRED.