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  • users knowingly opted into a feature that had a clear privacy risk.

    Strong passwords often aren’t at issue, password re-use is. If un-{salted, hashed} passwords were compromised in a previous breach, then it doesn’t matter how strong those passwords are.

    Every user who was compromised:

    1. Put their DNA profile online
    2. Opted to share their information in some way

    A further subset of users failed to use a unique and strong password.

    A 2FA token (think Matrix) might have helped here, other than that, individuals need to take a greater responsibility for personal privacy. This isn’t an essential service like water, banking, electricity etc. This is a place to upload your DNA profile…