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Sep 1, 2021 at 12:03 pm #3726470
I just received notification that my password on your website was compromised in a data breach. Have you had a recent data breach?
Sep 1, 2021 at 4:34 pm #3726488That should be a scam email to get your password.
Sep 1, 2021 at 9:25 pm #3726500If I’m ever concerned about whether or not my email or passwords might have been exposed in a data breach, I use haveibeenpwned to check. It’s a very useful site.
Sep 2, 2021 at 6:49 pm #3726531Yes and using a password manager do you don’t have any repeated passwords is a good idea.
Jan 20, 2022 at 3:10 pm #3737498I put my email into haveibeenpwned (great site btw) and do not see anything about Backpackinglight. Does this site showup for you there?
Jan 20, 2022 at 3:59 pm #3737507pwned?
“pwned
A corruption of the word “Owned.” This originated in an online game called Warcraft, where a map designer misspelled “owned.” When the computer beat a player, it was supposed to say, so-and-so “has been owned.”Instead, it said, so-and-so “has been pwned.”
It basically means “to own” or to be dominated by an opponent or situation, especially by some god-like or computer-like force.
“Man, I rock at my job, but I still got a bad evaluation. I was pwned.”OR
“That team totally pwned us.””
That’s so funny. Cultural derivation based on the closeness of the “o” and “p” keys on a qwerty keyboard. Which was created to minimize collisions on a mechanical typewriter.
It said I’ve been “pwned” from linkedin which I never use since I don’t work anymore
Jan 20, 2022 at 4:31 pm #3737510Its used in many contexts – like you said originally gaming. Now it is a popular term within the hacker / darknet community to describe when you have gained “root” or admin access to a system or network – basically the point at which you have the highest, most powerful level of access. If you watch the surprisingly accurate show “Mr. Robot” this will all make a lot more sense.
Jan 20, 2022 at 5:18 pm #3737515Mr. Robot – great show although I’ve kind of tailed off after a couple seasons
I like how they have unix and c code displayed – related to the subject of that episode to the best of my limited understanding : )
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