I use a large number of unique passwords, as part of my security technique. In the process I have become lazy, and allowed them to become stored on my Google account. They were all Synced, so that both the user name and password were automatically entered - when ever i logged into one of my accounts. Up until now it has presented no problems.
Consider this - When ever i write one of my brutally honest posts, such as the one from earlier today, I always experience some type of problem(s) with my computer and/or phone. In this case all of my username/password data simply dissapeared. Poof - Gone!
I knew that i had security problems, because even after tight security settings - i still had mysterious and unwanted cookies showing up. I would remove them and restart my system - repeating whenever problems started showing up again. So, after today's mysterious dissapearance of my passwords, i began to dig much deeper. Without going into a much detail, I will share 3 major problems I have surmised.
1. We all know that Big Tech - which includes Google - is determined to control what is, and is not allowed to be said.
2. I discovered multiple devices synced with my account. Of course I logged them all out. Especially interesting, was the fact that i had a third party App which had access to my Google account. Yep, it was the Scam Site Rakuten, which i recently published an article about, here on Pub0x. And, just yesterday, I gave them an honest review on Trust Pilot, which warned away other unsuspecthing victms.
3. The other major find being that I had an old phone synched with my account, which dissapeared long ago. Unfortunately, i logged it out also, before performing the location feature. By the time i thought about seeking it's location, it had been turned off.
Ah, the mystery. Coincidence or not?