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Originally Posted by gmw
While this is good advice it has nothing to do with the circumstances described. I do indeed use different passwords for different sites, but once a site has been compromised and credit card (and other) details are stolen those details can be used again again. At least the credit card I can cancel, other private details are not so easy to reset, which is why I keep those to details to a minimum.
That is what I was saying above, being careful does not mean you cannot use these services - I can and do use several of these.
Using different passwords for everywhere is good advice, but goes directly against your earlier proclamation of "because their services are good, fast and convenient. And I prioritize that over privacy." Fast and convenient would be the same same easy to remember password everywhere, but we don't do that because it's stupid. So we might use a password manager, but finding one to work smoothly between all our devices is not easy - so even here convenience is being sacrificed for security and privacy.
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You were not telling others not to use Google, Amazon, Windows and so on, of course. Another poster did that. My reply that I don't particularly care about privacy or the reputation of these companies was more to that poster than to you.
And of course I don't care so much that I would stop using them. And yes, I value speed and convenience over privacy, but using the same passwords everywhere is like leaving your home door wide open. It might be much faster and more convenient, but downright stupid to do so. So you're right that most of us draw the line somewhere.
It's the extreme privacy advocates (never buy ebooks, never use the services of any big bad companies etc) that really irk me. Especially if they tell others to do the same.