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The point of encrypting something that gets decrypted midway by an organization is that there are worse actors than the organization out there. I'm not really scared of Steam abusing my credit card info, but I am afraid of random internet strangers.

Also remember that https doesn't just protect your data, it also verifies that you're actually on the website you think you are. The internet is basically unusable without this guarantee, especially on a network you share with others.

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For someone to work it out, they would have to be targeting you specifically. I would imagine that is not as common as, eg, using a database of leaked passwords to automatically try as many username-password combinations as possible. I don't think it's a great pattern either, but it's probably better than what most people would do to get easy-to-remember passwords. If you string it with other patterns that are easy for you to memorize you could get a password that is decently safe in total.

Don’t complicate it. Use a password manager. I know none of my passwords and that’s how it should be.

A password manager isn't really any less complicated. You've just out-sourced the complexity to someone else. How have you actually vetted your password manager and what's your backup plan for when they fuck up?

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So no vetting at all presumably since you didn't mention it? So how do you know that Dashlane is safer than a password scheme that might be guessed by someone after they've already compromised a couple of your passwords?

patatahooligan ,
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It's not just Batman. This is a common trope in the superhero genre. Pop Culture Detective has a great video on the subject: https://youtu.be/LpitmEnaYeU

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First time I've heard of Mojeek. Why should I trust it more than any other company? Is there anything particular about its economic model or governance that makes it less likely to decide to be unethical?

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Report that to PopOs. I doubt they would want this ad to appear to their users. They will probably remove it.

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