I finally got my little brother to stop sharing his Netflix password, and the drama that followed was unreal.

My little brother was giving his Netflix login to half his school. Tried to explain account security risks like credential stuffing. He shrugged it off, said it was no big deal. So I changed the password on him as a wake-up call. Cue the frantic texts from his friends asking why they got logged out. He was furious, but I walked him through setting up individual profiles. Now he gets why shared passwords are a bad idea. Whole thing felt like a mini cybersecurity intervention in our living room.

7 comments

7 Comments

the_mary3h ago

Caught a segment on the news about credential stuffing attacks. Your living room intervention probably prevented a dozen future headaches.

gavin4692h ago

What if credential stuffing fears are overhyped, @the_mary? That living room intervention might've broken more social bonds than it saved passwords (just saying).

wyatt1352h ago

Security over social ease, every time.

keith_bennett2h ago

Credential stuffing threats ARE real, @the_mary highlighted that well.

kevink542m ago

Heard a Darknet Diaries episode (great show) on credential stuffing.

willow_harris1h ago

Switched to a password manager after a similar scare. It cut out password sharing and forced everyone to use unique credentials.

aaron_clark63h ago

Funny how his social currency was just a shared password. You probably did his future roommates a huge favor by ending that freeloading cycle.