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Old Jan 3, 2025 | 11:04 am
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Originally Posted by PaceLaw2012
Inconvenient, but probably for the best given how insecure this is.
what is insecure?

I have a unique (not used anywhere else), very strong password (20+ characters, generated randomly by password manager) on my AS account. My email account is protected the same way, plus 2FA. Unless there is a known flaw in AS’ security system you are aware of, I think it is very unlikely that anyone would be able to log into my AS account.

My guess is that most account hacks are caused by

- password reuse
- phishing emails
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