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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.
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the_mary6mo ago
Caught a segment on the news about credential stuffing attacks. Your living room intervention probably prevented a dozen future headaches.
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gavin4696mo 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).
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wyatt1356mo ago
Security over social ease, every time.
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keith_bennett6mo ago
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willow_harris6mo ago
Switched to a password manager after a similar scare. It cut out password sharing and forced everyone to use unique credentials.
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aaron_clark66mo 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.
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