So, Cloudflare analyzed passwords people are using to log in to sites they protect and discovered lots of re-use.

Let me put the important words in uppercase.

So, CLOUDFLARE ANALYZED PASSWORDS PEOPLE ARE USING to LOG IN to sites THEY PROTECT and DISCOVERED lots of re-use.

blog.cloudflare.com/password-r

#cloudflare #password #cybersecurity

@malanalysis it makes sense since they function as a global reverse proxy and do MItM decryption of traffic for optimization purposes. But them calling it in such a way is creepy, and also now the cybersecurity community needs to rekon with something we technically knew was going on before but didn't consciously consider a threat, until now.

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And someone at CloudFlare thought that publishing such a study is a smart move 🤦

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