Originally Posted by pdcakm
Originally Posted by kathome
What am I missing here? If Ravelry has already been hacked, what is the point of changing your password? That is, if the "hackers" already have your password, and you use that same password for other sites, shouldn't you be warned to change the password for only those other places?
I couldn't care less if someone can see the patterns that I view on a free site, it's the ones such as banks, bills, etc.
Am I making sense here?
they do advise in the email to change your password on all other sites where you use the same password.
never go directly to the site from the warning email. go directly to the site from your address line.
Yes, I did see that. Another thought, wouldn't the hackers need to know what other sites this password is used on? Or do they have a way of searching your email address to find where you go? Or randomly choose a person from Ravelry (or any other site that they have gotten into) and then start looking at, say, different banks etc.?
This is a lengthy process of changing my password(s) on all of the sites I visit if it's tracked by email address. We're talking many hours. For instance, my password on this very site is the same as Ravelry.