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CatSalad๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿฅ— (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:

Dentist: So, do you floss?
Me: Do you use a unique password for every account?

#CatSalad

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Bas โค๏ธ Will ๐Ÿš

@catsalad I'll try to remember this for next week at my appointment ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

Tobi

@catsalad answer: of course. It's "Iflo$$daily69@" + the service name ๐Ÿ˜‚

aspuru

@catsalad LOL.

I literally want scolded 2 days ago. My automatic toothbrush of yore has stopped working so she convinced me also to switch to an automatic toothbrush again.

I went to Amazon and bought the first one I saw on sale. Turns out it was IOT, connects to my phone and I had to create an unique password for it. The app reminds you of flossing every day. I am not so sure how to think having my flossing data on the cloud.

FTW.

Jedediah Strong Smith

@aspuru Just wait until Big Dental buys that data and uses it to deny a claim.

aspuru

@erswippe Thoght of that.
Luckily I live in #Canada

But yes my #Garmin sports watch is storing every heartbeat of mine on the cloud. That is quite creepy.

CatSalad๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿฅ— (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:

@aspuru
IoT toothbrush? Make sure you brush and floss well before the AlexaSkynet system launches...

Helmic

@aspuru @catsalad the industrial revolution and its consequences

hackNpatch :donor:

@catsalad Sometimes I use floss, but to be honest if I'm on Linux I'm just going to use strings.

BibbleCo

@catsalad I use the same password (which was exposed several times in previous hacks) on low value sites - those that don't take CC details and aren't email, SM or public forums. Convince me I'm wrong ;)

Paul McGrane

@catsalad I don't know any password! They're mostly like cozbel-2dEqju-wuttif

Soccop

Dentist: So, do you floss?
Me: Do you use a unique password for every account?

No idea...

mxkโ›ฐ๏ธ

@catsalad knowing how bad the it-security of doctors usually is...

Nicolรกs Alvarez

@mxk @catsalad I once saw a password-less Wi-Fi network while in the ophthalmologist waiting room. I connected to it and I didn't get Internet. I thought "must be an unsecured printer then", but I opened 192.168.0.1 on the web browser and instead I saw retinal scans and patient names and ages ๐Ÿ˜ฑ

Hibana ๐Ÿ’–

@catsalad yeah, I floss: free, libre, and open-source software

Matthew Fountain

@catsalad I'm fairly vigilant about both these days

Zhenbo Li

@catsalad @lgatto itโ€™s so hard to follow the good practice on all aspects :(

Aniket Kadam โ™พ๏ธ

@catsalad if I could automatically floss every time I went to brush Iโ€™d floss a lot more :D

Kevin Werbach

@jtlg @catsalad You must not have paid to renew your floss license.

Floss not FOSS!

dubiago :loading:

@catsalad Yep. Might try to remember to use that next time ๐Ÿ˜‚

Jimmy Ray

@catsalad Adding this to my snarky dentist.

I'll file it next to the reminder of how close my hand is to his crotch in response to letting him know if I feel any pain. :blobfoxcatmasksweats:

Marilyne

@catsalad Yes and yes! They can both save you a lot of trouble.

Brittle Anxious Nonlinear Inco

@catsalad oh loook at Big Password here telling everyone how to act, I'm using 1234 on every last account and you can't stop me, freedom!

GlOwl Octopus-Faenby

@bangskij @catsalad password requirements sneaking around the corner ready to ambush.

yady

@catsalad If they answer yes to that, would you be sufficiently impressed to floss for them?

brocolie (tots not a vampire)

@catsalad Getting a water-flosser is analogous to using a password manager

Bloodaxe

@catsalad
I use floss all the time Mr. Dentist, but not the kind you know off :smart:

Capo

@catsalad

Dentist: So, do you floss?
Destiny's Child: I got my own

Brian Wooley

@catsalad

See also:

Do you have a sense of humor?

Can you carry a tune?

Dan Kennedy

@catsalad Cute, but I do use a password manager. I have no idea what my passwords are, and I like it that way.

Jordan Kay

@catsalad You can tell a lot about a person based on which one of these they think is drastically more important.

Jordan Kay

I use a variation of the same password for like, every account that doesnโ€™t work with Safari's strong password generation, doing the bare minimum to get it to meet its requirements ๐Ÿ™ƒ

CatPants

@catsalad Oh I *will* be using that on my next visit. Many thanks.

David Goldfield

@catsalad My luck the dentist will say, "Son, I use a military grade VPN and a password manager for all of my devices. Now do you floss?"

Petesmom

@catsalad Iam totally using this when I go to my dentist TY!!!

hxresistance

@catsalad Wasn't there a study recently (like, within the last year, if my memory serves) that proved flossing had next to no beneficial effects?

Secular Outpost

@hxresistance @catsalad having a less painful dental cleaning seems like a pretty beneficial effect IMO

hxresistance

@SecularOutpost @catsalad Never been a regular flosser, nor can I say I've ever had a particularly painful dental cleaning.

Peter Wood

@catsalad the evidence for flossing benefits isnโ€™t compelling. Ask your dentist for peer reviewed research and see what they say.

Howlinโ€™ Hobbit

@catsalad

I donโ€™t EVER floss. but thatโ€™s mainly because the only teeth I have are stored in a container on the bathroom sink.

I DO, however, have a โ€œformulaโ€ I use which allows me to make strong passwords (that I can actually remember) for most every site I visit. I say โ€œmost everyโ€ because some stupid sites have password rules that limit what I can use.

I hate those sites and will often make the call that I donโ€™t need to visit them after all.

Gonzalo

@howlinhobbit @catsalad Ugh!! Why do some sites limit what passwords you can use? It's almost like "no, you can only use one of these passwords, don't be a hero"

0xPLNTXT

@catsalad Iโ€™ve used that so many times in other situations. Haha

Radical_R

@catsalad Dentist: "Why, yes! I use KeePass so that way I only have to remember one password! So back to my original question. Do you floss?"

SmokeyGeo

@catsalad haha but flossing isn't nearly as hard yet important

Maciej J. Hajduk :terminal:

@catsalad
Airport.
Lady at check-in: Window?
Me: No, I prefer Linux
Lady: what?
Me: Sorry I work in IT
Lady: Man, you work way too much..
@aral

Jivo

@catsalad I was asked once by my Dentist how often do you floss. I told him Annually, the day of my dental appointment. He recommended I increase my frequency. ๐Ÿคฃ

//Fred_

@catsalad Dentist: No?
Me: Have you heard about LastPass? Here's my referral code for 50% off your first year!
Dentist: ???

Melsches ๐ŸŽน ๐ŸŽจ

@catsalad
๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ‘Œ Yeah in the past
I actually started flossing a year ago.
Morning + evening. My dentist sees the difference.
I find it to be the easiest habit to turn into a routine ever.

Cyber Ronin ๐Ÿฅท

@catsalad unique email/password for every service and email forwarder to hide email provider.

Cyber Yuki

@catsalad Horror dental story: If you don't floss or get your teeth cleansed regularly, the plaque makes your jaw bone grow thinner, and the risk of losing teeth increases with age.

It's not reversible ๐Ÿ˜จ

Dave Bulmer

@yuki2501 @catsalad
I'm suddenly way more invested not only in flossing more, but in knowing *exactly how* to do it, because I'm just *guessing*

Luna

@catsalad old, but good! I floss and I also use unique passwords Am I a ๐Ÿฆ„?

Ash

@catsalad Iโ€™m so using this one ๐Ÿคฃ

Nour Agha :popos:

@catsalad I use FLOSS daily. I love free, libre and open source software.

Alex Lambson

@catsalad I started flossing when I realized itโ€™d make my teeth less sensitive to cold because my gums would come back

Andi [they/them]

@catsalad

Dentist: So, do you floss?

l33t h4xor, suffering from excruciating pain and paying big bucks to see a dentist: What about your website, eh? Is it protected from stack buffer overflow attacks?

ShantyMinister

@catsalad funny, but they already know if you floss once the exam is over. Definitely a rhetorical education, shaming device thoโ€™.

Rachel

@catsalad
Ha! Tho tbh, a good dentist knows without asking. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

CatSalad๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿฅ— (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:

@RachelA
Well they should, they were there at the previous appointment. ๐Ÿ™ƒ

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