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it's time to change your passwords yet again I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update ladies and gentlemen it's time to play the hot new cybersecurity game change your password our next contestant is one of the largest online retailers in the world ebay nearly 150 million lucky ebay users will now have to reset their passwords due to a massive hack that happened three months ago but we're just getting warned about it now hey announcer voice Dan would you tell our ebay users what they lost you and your loved one can spend the next month checking your credit report for fraud now that hackers have your name address birthdate phone number and email address this all-inclusive hack also may result in target of scams over phone or email thanks Dan okay let's get serious I think this game of resetting our passwords every other week is getting a bit tiresome Yahoo snapchat AOL they were all hacked recently exposing millions of accounts heartbleed had us all resetting our passwords last month and of course credit and debit card information was stolen from Target stores and that impacted 110 million customers ebay does not know how many people were impacted but everyone's password is reset as a precaution the good news is that this does not involve any financial information so paypal credit card info that still seems safe just keep in mind that even a company as large as eBay cannot be trusted to protect your password so use different passwords on every site if the hacker gets hold of one it won't unlock other accounts now to keep your passwords extra safe you may want to look into using a program like LastPass it gives you an extra layer of protection and you can find a tutorial on how to use it at cnet let's switch gears to social media there's a new way to share what you're up to on Facebook right now if you want to tell folks about a show that you're watching or music you're listening to well you'd have to type it in your status update maybe you'll also add in a fun icon to represent the activity or the mood but now you don't have to tell Facebook what show you're watching it just knows by listening to the audio in the room the facebook app will listen to the background sound and recognize a TV show or a song that you're playing and you can link that information in your status update post you can turn this feature off but facebook says it won't store any audio for your privacy it's coming to android and iOS facebook apps in the coming weeks that your tech news update you can find more in these stories at cnet com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey