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Password "123456": Massive Data Breaches and the Urgency of Digital Self-Defense

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Álvaro Paredes

Every time we create an account online, we enter into an implicit pact of trust. We hand over personal data—names, email addresses, passwords—assuming that large companies will protect it. However, reality shows that this pact is broken. The constant leaks of databases make it clear that information is concentrated in the hands of a few actors and that corporate negligence...

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