Inspired by a (now deleted) post, I searched the Podesta files for "password" - and found John was very, very sloppy with his passwords. He not only used real words, but he also did not store them safely somewhere, so he repeatedly asked his staff what a special password of his was.
We all know he has changed his email, but his user names and passwords might still be valid for certain sites! It might be worthwile to check them all out because he has probably registered with many websites and may not remember all of them. Here is one example (login data not valid anymore, though):
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/39949
It may also be valid to search HRC emails for "password".
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SecondAmendment ago
Update. I put in just PW: (the letters "PW" followed by a colon) without any other parameters and a ton of emails came up.
DooDooDoodle ago
Hijacking top comment to point out it It is highly illegal to use someone's passwords to lg into their accounts without authorization. Remember the kid who got jail time for doing this to Sarah Palin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin_email_hack
SecondAmendment ago
Yup, good point. I sure would never use anyone's password or even attempt to hack. All I did was point out that in the emails these people are sharing passwords, denoted by PW. It's careless and probably a violation of their own workplace policies (and possibly the law) to be passing out passwords to other people in their emails.