<story><title>Dropbox wasn&apos;t hacked</title><url>https://blog.dropbox.com/2014/10/dropbox-wasnt-hacked/</url><text></text></story><parent_chain><item><author>jen729w</author><text>So ... what&amp;#x27;s the lesson here for our non-nerdy friends &amp;amp; family? I immediately sent my closest friends a &amp;quot;change your Dropbox password&amp;quot; email, which is still valid because, whether they were hacked or not, someone may now have their password. Which is probably also their password to Facebook.&lt;p&gt;I suppose the question is, does it &lt;i&gt;matter&lt;/i&gt; if Dropbox was hacked or if these credentials were gained by some other means? The end result for a poor user^ is the same.&lt;p&gt;(^Not me, of course. I use 1Password.)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>digital-rubber</author><text>No offence, but in my humble opinion using 1password, or any password manager, does not make you a better or more secure user.&lt;p&gt;Perhaps even lowers your security in ways.&lt;p&gt;Sharing the fact (with the internet) that you use a password manager, lowered your security already, technically speaking.&lt;p&gt;I find the idea to use one password (and a private key etc) to protect all my other accounts and passwords a bit strange, specially synced over 3rd party servers&amp;#x2F;services.&lt;p&gt;Not to mention when people use it on devices often discussed to have ways to eavesdrop on a user, android, iPhone. The security of the password vault is now equal to that of that particular device. (which could be as low as no security)</text></comment>
<story><title>Dropbox wasn&apos;t hacked</title><url>https://blog.dropbox.com/2014/10/dropbox-wasnt-hacked/</url><text></text></story><parent_chain><item><author>jen729w</author><text>So ... what&amp;#x27;s the lesson here for our non-nerdy friends &amp;amp; family? I immediately sent my closest friends a &amp;quot;change your Dropbox password&amp;quot; email, which is still valid because, whether they were hacked or not, someone may now have their password. Which is probably also their password to Facebook.&lt;p&gt;I suppose the question is, does it &lt;i&gt;matter&lt;/i&gt; if Dropbox was hacked or if these credentials were gained by some other means? The end result for a poor user^ is the same.&lt;p&gt;(^Not me, of course. I use 1Password.)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ozh</author><text>Issue explained to non-nerdy friends: &lt;a href=&quot;http://xkcd.com/792/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;xkcd.com&amp;#x2F;792&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>