Appreciation post: My kid's school email got hacked last month

I got a weird text from my son's teacher asking why he was emailing her about gift cards. Turns out his school account password was just his birthday. I had to walk him through setting up 2FA on his school Gmail. Has anyone else had to deal with this with younger kids?

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lucasking6d agoMost Upvoted

My daughter's school had the same issue last year. We ended up using a password manager to make a strong one for her.

the_thomas5d ago

Is a password manager really needed for a kid's school login? It feels like we're making simple things way too hard these days. It's just schoolwork, not bank info. Can't they just use a normal password and write it down somewhere safe?

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