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title: "WATCH: Hacker Kevin Mitnick on password managers and online safety"
description: "WATCH: Hacker Kevin Mitnick on password managers and online safety"
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# WATCH: Hacker Kevin Mitnick on password managers and online safety

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[ Mitnick Security| ](https://www.mitnicksecurity.com/in-the-news/author/mitnick-security)  03.28.2017| 0 MIN READ TIME

**Video**

**It's very difficult to come up with and remember unique passwords for every single login. Cyber security expert Kevin Mitnick — author of the book "The Art of Invisibility" — explains why you shouldn't even try to come up with your own passwords, and what you should do instead. **

 

 

Source: [Tech Insider](http://https://youtu.be/hneBN4bgEfo)

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