This is why using same password for everything is not good

[SOKO-DEKE]

I don't know why some people always come up with the idea of using one password for everything that requires a password. We should understand that losing one password may cause a lot of damage because some thieves are very smart. Once they get access to someone's password, they will use it to try different accounts the person may have.So, using different passwords is very important because of situations like this. Also, whenever we want to create a password, we should always try to use strong and special passwords. From the story OP has given, the person was very careless because, if he or she was not careless, how would a child get access to the password? Phones are for personal use. As for me, even my child does not know my password. The only person who knows my phone password is my wife, and no other person.Some people may try to protect themselves by using one password for everything because they think they may forget them, but the truth is that it is very bad to use one password for everything. A few things that are not very important, and whose loss may not affect someone much, can have the same password. However, things like wallets and savings accounts should always have different passwords.

[colinistheman]

Inversely, using different passwords for different websites is the best thing to do?
The best approach would be having not more than three passwords and randomly use each of these three passwords for different purposes.

It is still risky I think. If one password is somehow leaked your many account will be vulnerable. It is much safer to use a password manager and set different strong password for important accounts

Get a diary and write down your different password down to avoid forgetting them. I believe this is why some people do use the same password.

Yes writing down password in your private diary is better. But it also has some danger. It can be lost, stolen or burned, right? I think it is much better to use a good password manager like KeePass. And for that you must use a strong master password and use an air tight device

[Faisal2202]

Bro left his hardware wallet on the table and his sibling enter his room, inserted the same password my brother used on his phone and the wallet gets unlocked, right there is a 1 BTC sitting nicely in the wallet and the boy 😱😱 screamed.

Haaaa brother Kunle is rich, all this while he is rich...

I still can't help but cracking my ribs about this.

Haha, it is hilarious and scary too because gladly it was his younger brother who unlocked it. If someone else had gotten their hands on it, then that would have been a huge problem for Kunle. Also, you should not be mentioning his name, if that is a real name, but it is an international forum so obviously no one could literally find him. But now his younger brother is going to tell his friends and family members because kids can never keep secrets at a young age.

As a matter of fact, they will say that thing in the exact place you would never even expect, because you would be thinking, “No way he would say that here, there are too many people around.” But then your little brother will casually say it right there anyway haha.

I can't agree more with the advice you shared. We should not use the same password everywhere if we are going to tell our family members. Anyway, now his father must be proud of him and won't be upset with him anymore. He got his aura back now.

[Mate2237]

Waoo as funny as this story is this is the reality on ground, we should at no time use thesame password password in any of our things online. This is not only limited to crypto currency but should be even applied to anything we do online.any one who knows your password can have access to all your things that you do online. Alot of people has lost money and even sensitive information has been exposed due to the public as password that has been used repeatedly.


Mmm so how will the father and family members look at this guy, well I guess that this guy has his plan that plans to do with his one BTC in his possession, I guess that he is a long term hodler and was holding it for the Long term.

[Hamza2424]

Now you have to pay the bills, for your younger brother's school fees, says the father of my friend who have always hide under the roof of his parent, he is old enough to be married but brotherly don't want that, he have a great plan until everything went awhol.

His younger brother screamed he must have seen a ghost haha. This sounds funny, I would like to know more haha like what is the current reputation of the 1 BTC owner, how is his family treating him now. He did great though by not telling anyone about the amount but if he wanted to hide he could say these are testnet tokens and these are useless and just for the sake of pretending he could even set a new testnet wallet on his phone just show them.

I used to do this to shock my family in a time that hey look how much money I have haha but it was a joke as those who really have that much money they don't joke about it and they stay matured. By the way did you already knew he had 1 BTC or your friend's younger brother tells you haha.

[dezoel]

This is like one of the first things to be careful about regards to online safety, it is something that people have to be careful about. Hell, why do you think that browsers now save your passwords if you want to?

Because that literally means that you are saving different passwords, if it was the same password for every single place, why would you need to save it anywhere? You could just paste it to all websites, but because you should have different, it means you need remembering and that's why it is helping you.

[Nahl]

Luckily the sibling is only yeeling because he got surprised OP friend has 1 btc but how about he attempts to transfer to other eallet and sell it i am sure OP friend will be desperate because losing 1 btc because his mistakes indeed using the same password for everything is not recommended even the bad thing is if your devices got comfromised then the hackers can access all of the wallet including bitcoin wallet if those people has bitcoin but mostly the reason why those people used same password for every devices they have because weak memories which they don't want to forgot their main password because the people like this usually cannot remember different passwords which they have made

[knowngunman]

He's brother can't just be quite huu??

But him using his phone password is another level of carelessness
Apart from that, I do limit my siblings from going near my priorities, especially if I have such a secret, I will be harsh to them conserning mingling with my properties, and they will see it and avoid it

He's careless obviously but should we turn a blind eye on the brother's lack of manner? 

I see almost everyone blaming the guy for using same password which I agreed is wrong as well but why the hell did the brother attempt to guess the password in the first place without the consent of the owner? That behaviour was very wrong and only thieves behave in such manner.

I don't know the level of his closeness with his siblings but I believe too much familiarity is the reason behind this. We respect boundaries and privacy in my family and I am confident none of my siblings will ever try that even if I leave it for a day.

[Renampun]

Most people take it for granted that once they've set up a strong password, they feel their account is completely secure and there's nothing to worry about. however, they don't realize that using the same password for all the platforms they use is also vulnerable. if someone knows their password, there's a high chance they'll be able to try it to gain access to their other accounts.. so, it's best to use a different password combination for each platform you use, so that even if one account is compromised, the other accounts remain secure because they don't use the same password.

[dzungmobile]

Most people take it for granted that once they've set up a strong password, they feel their account is completely secure and there's nothing to worry about. however, they don't realize that using the same password for all the platforms they use is also vulnerable. if someone knows their password, there's a high chance they'll be able to try it to gain access to their other accounts.. so, it's best to use a different password combination for each platform you use, so that even if one account is compromised, the other accounts remain secure because they don't use the same password.

The worst practice is using weak passwords.
A next bad practice is reuse your passwords on different platforms. Especially if it is a weak password, it increases risk of your account security.

Are your passwords in the green?
Newbies need to read it for knowing that their current password is bad or good, strong or weak, and change it as soon as possible.

Check if your password has appeared in known data breaches
https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords

[Agbe]

Never ever use the same password for your phone on your crypto wallet or hardware wallet.

You are right, it is not good to use the same password in everything we do in the internet. The guy under discussion got luck that it was his brothers that login to the wallets and their intentions was not bad. But if it was unknown people were there to unlock the wallet, he would have been crying for a long time. We have to use different password, mostly bitcoin wallets.

[Jasmyne]

Never ever use the same password for your phone on your crypto wallet or hardware wallet.

Just because of the responsibility and discipline required for making and keeping a good password, some people prefer to use a single password for every security that requires one. What makes a password unique is how strong it is and how it is secured by the user.

When creating a password, it is important not to consider only our own convenience by thinking about how easy it is to remember, but it is also good to consider whether the password can easily be guessed by a stranger or anyone else.

What you said is correct, some persons just prefer to use one password for everything just because they have short memory and that’s the only password they will easily remember, most at times not even strong enough and can be guessed by someone so easily.
Some persons forget that password is what create privacy, security for their information, so an unauthorized person can’t gain access to their information. That’s more reason any password one is using must be very strong and special because it also help prevents theft too.

[maxreish]

If we are talking about the weakness of his security , he actually shouldn't used the same password. Now his privacy was gone, his 1 BTC was exposed to his brother already. Man, I can actually do the same scream if I saw that 1 BTC. LOL. Anyway, when it comes to my cryto wallets, I see to it that I didnt have same paswords.

That is a lesson learned. Since he can change to a new password anytime now. It is also better to put some app lock, I do that to my private wallets.

[Chinesebaby]

Bro left his hardware wallet on the table and his sibling enter his room, inserted the same password my brother used on his phone and the wallet gets unlocked, right there is a 1 BTC sitting nicely in the wallet and the boy 😱😱 screamed.

Haaaa brother Kunle is rich, all this while he is rich...

I still can't help but cracking my ribs about this.

Never ever use the same password for your phone on your crypto wallet or hardware wallet.

This actually sounds funny, and I'm just wondering how Kunle will be feeling right now, knowing fully well that his secret has just been revealed to the entire family. However, this story still sounds somehow, it sounds like a cooked or fake story. Because I still don't believe that someone will have a whole full 1 Bitcoin, which is over $80,000 at current price and yet still be acting as if he or she doesn't have a penny. Because even if it was just $10,000 he used to start a business, even while he keeps holding his remaining $70,000 in Bitcoin, it would have been better than just staying idle at home, while he is actually this rich. So this story sounds cooked up to me. Unless if the amount saw was probably around $10,000 to $20,000. Because I can believe that someone can have $10k to $20k and still be acting as if he doesn't have any money, but not $80k.. That amount is way too big