Techercizer wrote:VoltySquirrel wrote:Well, to be fair, I was pissed off and it was 2 am at the time, so I wasn't really paying attention. I hadn't slept for like 25 hour and I just HAD to see this funny forum post. Sadly, I wasn't able to change my PW quickly enough. Protip: Keep your e-mail PW seperate from everything else. Hell, just have all the sites you actually care about have exclusive passwords for each. Nothing hurts more than someone stealing you're Battle.net ID and also getting your paypal, facebook, gmail, and steam ID.
That's a reason, but it's not an excuse. Entering your password without checking first is like crossing the street without looking for cars; all the reasons in the world won't help you if you get hit.
Also, please tell me this was before Steamguard? Using the same password for Gmail, AND Steam, AND Paypal is reckless (borderline suicidal) enough, but using the same password for Gmail and Steam after the introduction of Steamguard is almost criminally negligent.
All he got my hands on was the Steam and Gmail. At the time (pre Steam Guard), you needed both to reset Steam PWs. And no, I didn't lose my FB, B.Net, Steam, and GMail. All I lost was my steam for a bit and I had to change both my steam and gmail PWs. My friend, however, lost EVERYTHING. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, XBL, PSN, Steam, Paypal, Gmail, fucking everything. Needless to say, he ain't dumb enough to use a very poor variation on password as a password ever again.