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  • Risk assessment is a big part of this. Risk when reusing passwords is very high. Risk of forgetting passwords or using weaker/guessable passwords when they’re unique, is high. Password manager mitigates these risks. A good one will also bark at you when you try to use a password in a website that isn’t the one you saved it in (ie phishing warning)

    The risk of your PW manager somehow leaking passwords is worth considering. So we ask: How are the passwords stored? Where are they stored? How are they accessed? Different tools work differently; some keep the storage local but others sync in the cloud. Local storage can also mean “in my Dropbox folder”. If it’s a secure format with a strong password (or perhaps Yubikey), that’s fine, but if it’s an excel sheet, you’re leaking to Dropbox. But is that really a problem for you? Think of the steps between an adversary and your password file.

    1Password has some white papers published about how they secure the data you entrust them with.

    It is my strong opinion, and that of most security experts, that using a password manager to create unique, long, and secure passwords is a lot better than the alternative. It’s usually the opinion that a password notebook in a reasonably secure location (in your desk at home) is better than recycling weak passwords.









  • This, exactly. I am all for universal housing but frankly the cost of a house in materials alone is beyond the ability of many people to afford (tiny homes don’t really work out for people with they are going to have children, and children are the foundation of our future economy.

    I think the government has a place in providing housing for those in need, but landlords also have a role.

    When people trash rental units or skip out on rent and abuse process - regardless of whether the landlord does their duties - it does not encourage small scale landlords to assume the risk. However, it’s a rounding error to Blackrock.

    Industrial scale financialisation of housing is not good for anyone.




  • Landlords are rent-seekers but fraudulent and abusive tenants are also part of the problem. There are people out there who destroy properties, refuse to pay rent, and then repeat the process in every place they live. Even if a compassionate landlord wants to help people, a renter like that will sour them.

    The real problem in this article is imo paying someone to find a tenant and then being told that the person you paid is not responsible in any way for the person they’ve presented as a tenant. Realtors don’t do any work aside from paying someone to take photos, and don’t assume any risk. At least (small) landlords have skin in the game in comparison.




  • I can see how the conversation could go, outside of Texas

    It’s seasonal use. It’s not like it’s full time occupation. It’s a camp, most of the time they’re not going to be in the buildings. Etc.

    It’s a weak argument and I think that places like that need more code than less (think of fires, etc.). There’s ways to make rustic, summer camp buildings fun and safe, but a quick glance at the safety precautions taken to move children to school in the USA is sufficient to understand the risk assessment process. If it hurts kids occasionally, it’s probably fine. Just as long as shareholders aren’t hurt