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nik Simpson wrote:
There's a dangerous assumption here, i.e. that choosing a relatively simple password that is highly personal to you, is safe because nobody would guess it unless they knew you and your personal information. Folks, that's not how hackers break passwords, they don't go your login and try to guess your password. They hack the website completely (a-la Sony) grab the master password file & username list, and feed that data to one or more computers to simply brute force decrypt the password file, they don't need to know anything about you at all. I've decided to use Lastpass and different long completely random passwords for each website that I couldn't begin to remember. The only password I have to remember is my Lastpass password, they handle the rest. Granted, this relies on two things: 1. Nobody can guess my Lastpass password 2. Lastpass's security and encryption is good enough to prevent the master password data falling into the wrong hands and being decrytped in a useful amount of time. So far it's working, but if you bank online or use credit cards online, the watchword is vigilance ;-) BTW, are you wondering if one of the recent hacks (Sony, Citicard, etc) has compromised your password or email address? If not, you probably should be, so check out this tool: https://shouldichangemypassword.com/ It's legit and simply searches the data that has been leaked from sites like Sony to see if your email address is in leaked data. But how can you be sure some Lastpass employee doesn't sell a bunch of passwords to someone else for progit? In the same way, I won't know if some crooked store employee or waiter doesn't swell my credit card information to someone else. In a word, its impossible to completely protect yourself from criminals. |
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"hopitus" wrote in message ... On Jun 25, 12:38 pm, "Matthew" wrote: "hopitus" wrote in message ... On Jun 25, 9:15 am, nik Simpson wrote: There's a dangerous assumption here, i.e. that choosing a relatively simple password that is highly personal to you, is safe because nobody would guess it unless they knew you and your personal information. Folks, that's not how hackers break passwords, they don't go your login and try to guess your password. They hack the website completely (a-la Sony) grab the master password file & username list, and feed that data to one or more computers to simply brute force decrypt the password file, they don't need to know anything about you at all. I've decided to use Lastpass and different long completely random passwords for each website that I couldn't begin to remember. The only password I have to remember is my Lastpass password, they handle the rest. Granted, this relies on two things: 1. Nobody can guess my Lastpass password 2. Lastpass's security and encryption is good enough to prevent the master password data falling into the wrong hands and being decrytped in a useful amount of time. So far it's working, but if you bank online or use credit cards online, the watchword is vigilance ;-) BTW, are you wondering if one of the recent hacks (Sony, Citicard, etc) has compromised your password or email address? If not, you probably should be, so check out this tool: https://shouldichangemypassword.com/ It's legit and simply searches the data that has been leaked from sites like Sony to see if your email address is in leaked data. -- Nik Simpson You are a reg here & that is the only reason I bother to once again point out that this thread was started by trolls and continued by both other trolls and the drones here. You probably did not notice that multiple crosspostings are in the header and you crossposted this post just like the trolls want you to. Check out the posted dates at the very beginning of this thread. Its a big joke to them. They dragged over here an old thread from rpcc from a year ago. It is not being helped by the poster Bill who is a total moron; who has given out bad and dangerous advice on cats before in other groups. I know, Matt, but there is one reason I have respect for Bill....and only one, which does nnot apply to the UK trolls participating: Bill, from what I can archive, is a USA military veteran I do not believe it was *his* notion to drag the old rpcc thread here. Sorry on this one no respect for him at all. He knows better but he is the type that has to respond no matter what post it is. I should have him on kill fill but due to his bad advice and dangerous advice before in other cat groups. I watch him like a hawk. He is just a plain moron. He is such a moron sometimes He responded to a spammer in another group that posted a 900 number lecturing the group on 900 numbers. |
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On Jun 25, 11:45*pm, wrote:
wrote: * This is why I send myself an email and save it in a special location.. * And the email contains the username and a hint. No actual password. * And I know what the hint means. I have made up numbers that go with * certain things, so I know what the combination is, how many digits as * they vary, and what order and what punctuation. * I never write down my passwords, but I do know where to find my hints * as I have various passwords at a ton of websites. I would never be * able to remember which password goes with which website without my set * of hints. I can't even remember my usernames sometimes, and I only use * a few of those. I was just at my employer's website to review a * paycheck stub. It took me 15 minutes to remember that my username for * that account is my checker number, not a word. Do you keep all the hints + websites (or other places where you use passwords) in one file? And then if you have to log on to a site, you look in that file to see the hint for that site? It sounds like a good idea. Yes, I send myself an email for each hint, so I can go back and look for the email for amazon.com or my isp provider, etc. Then open it and see my username and hint. I have a separate folder for these emails, so I know where they all are. And if somebody found it, they would have my usernames, but they wouldn't know what the hints mean. How would they know what "old goal" means? Not even my family has a clue what my goal was or what number I associate with it. I also have a new goal hint, and a variety of others. |
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Joy wrote:
Wouldn't it be nice if whenever we messed up our life we could simply press 'Ctrl Alt Delete' and start all over? Yes. I would go back a month and keep B-K from drinking that poisoned water that killed him. But, "The moving finger writes, and having writ Moves on, nor all your piety nor wit, Shall lure it back to cancel half a line, Nor all your tears wash out a word of it." -- Edward Fitsgerald |
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