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1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project

1Password faced immediate backlash from customers this week over a $300,000 pledge in support of a Linux distro created by David Heinemeier Hansson, who has regularly published overtly racist blog posts that include comments calling for deportation of ethnic minorities in Europe. The popular password manager is now a “distinguished corporate patron” of Omacom, the nonprofit foundation that oversees a popular Linux distribution known as Omarchy.

Archive: archive.is/osNh3

www.theverge.com/tech/988536/1password-dhh-linux-controversy

Replying to an earlier post

I don’t use password managers and I’ve never been exposed.

If your password is 16 characters with a letter, number, symbol, and is more than 1 word it will take millions of years to brute force. Just use multiple passwords and change the important ones every few months in case of data breach and you’re golden.

Forgot your password? If you have access to an email with multiple 2-factor you can recover any account in about a minute.

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