I found my Gmail password in a credentials dump a few months ago. It's my most sensitive password and I can't figure out how it got there. What'd I miss?
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- Unique password, generated for that site. - I only log in on two personal devices that I own, no libraries or friends' computers. - I have virtually no apps and 0 extensions.
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- I don't save it in a password manager. - OSes are up to date.
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By process of elimination, my tentative conclusion was that I was phished. But I very rarely enter my password (to the point I have trouble remembering it) and then why would it get dumped?
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I figured it out - I let someone use my computer, and they installed a shady extension (which was later deleted). Siiiiiigh. Moral of the story: never be nice. (Real moral: use 2FA, which saved my account :)
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Sweet, my abrasive personality turns out to be a good security habit! (For real though, thanks for talking publicly about this and its resolution)
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