Hya y'all, thought I'd share a 'pro tip' on passwords. If you're concerned about your credentials being compromised and bought/sold on the Dark Web, include a comma in your password. Why? These files of credentials are stored in what is called Comma Separated Value format (example.csv). These are organized in columns, with the information separated by commas. Example below:

Userid, password, date_stolen
JillydillyfromPhilly,Password1234,03/01/2024

This reads as the userid is JillydillyfromPhilly, her password is "Password1234", and the date stolen was March 1 of this year.

When you include a comma in your password, it screws up that record and the information becomes useless. Say that JillydillyfromPhilly changes her password to "Password1,234". If her credentials are hacked, the file would read

JillydillyfromPhilly,Password1,234,03/01/2024 and be interpreted as

Userid=JillydillyfromPhilly, password="Password1", and date stolen is now garbage.

See how that works?

You're welcome. Stay safe online!

-p