Accounts
Password reuse
In Turkish: Parola tekrarı
Using the same or a slightly changed password on several accounts, so one leak puts all of them at risk.
Reuse is the habit that turns a small breach on a forgotten site into a break-in at your email or bank. A small tweak, like adding the site name at the end, is easy for attackers to predict and does not help.
A password manager makes unique passwords painless, because you stop remembering them yourself.
What to do
- Start by giving your email and bank their own passwords.
- Use a manager's built-in check for reused passwords.
- Change reused passwords one by one, most important first.
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