SECURITY ON THE NET
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How secure is my username and password on a website www.somewebsitename.whatever. How do I know that the owners of the website are not using my username & password trying to access all sorts of web sites and do some harm? Just a thought. Pierre
pierrecor wrote:
How secure is my username and password on a website www.somewebsitename.whatever
Depends on the website. I'd guess a financial institution is somewhat more secure than www.porn.ru
pierrecor wrote:
How do I know that the owners of the website are not using my username & password trying to access all sorts of web sites and do some harm
Quite simply you don't. Like all things in life you have to use some common sense when handing over any sensitive information.
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How secure is my username and password on a website www.somewebsitename.whatever. How do I know that the owners of the website are not using my username & password trying to access all sorts of web sites and do some harm? Just a thought. Pierre
Simple - if you sign up for a site, don't use the same password as in other sites. That's security 101.
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Simple - if you sign up for a site, don't use the same password as in other sites. That's security 101.
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You suggest me keeping 101+ passwords... This is quite impossible since I am a member of many websites. However, the serious websites such as the online bank do have a special username and password.
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Yes, I keep many dozens and keep them all within a word document which is stored in an encrypted partition using TrueCrypt. This way I just need to remember 1 password, although to be honest I know most of them now anyway.
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You suggest me keeping 101+ passwords... This is quite impossible since I am a member of many websites. However, the serious websites such as the online bank do have a special username and password.
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pierrecor wrote:
You suggest me keeping 101+ passwords... This is quite impossible since I am a member of many websites
Yup. There are password vaults that you can use to store the details. The key point here though, is that by using the same password/username combination you leave yourself wide open to having your details stolen and accounts accessed. What you are doing is almost as bad as having your password set to password or abc123. They are easily guessed, and leave you wide open to online identity fraud.
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pierrecor wrote:
You suggest me keeping 101+ passwords... This is quite impossible since I am a member of many websites
Yup. There are password vaults that you can use to store the details. The key point here though, is that by using the same password/username combination you leave yourself wide open to having your details stolen and accounts accessed. What you are doing is almost as bad as having your password set to password or abc123. They are easily guessed, and leave you wide open to online identity fraud.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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pierrecor wrote:
You suggest me keeping 101+ passwords... This is quite impossible since I am a member of many websites
Yup. There are password vaults that you can use to store the details. The key point here though, is that by using the same password/username combination you leave yourself wide open to having your details stolen and accounts accessed. What you are doing is almost as bad as having your password set to password or abc123. They are easily guessed, and leave you wide open to online identity fraud.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
Pete O`Hanlon wrote:
What you are doing is almost as bad as having your password set to password or abc123.
That's totally inadequate. I would suggest abcd1234. :)
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Certainly you make me think again. point me to a helpful article where I can learn more. P
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Pete O`Hanlon wrote:
What you are doing is almost as bad as having your password set to password or abc123.
That's totally inadequate. I would suggest abcd1234. :)
Xiangyang Liu wrote:
I would suggest abcd1234
Oh - do you think you could remember such a complicated password?
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Xiangyang Liu wrote:
I would suggest abcd1234
Oh - do you think you could remember such a complicated password?
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Xiangyang Liu wrote:
I would suggest abcd1234
Oh - do you think you could remember such a complicated password?
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Nope. Just write it down and keep it as sticky note on monitor :)
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Nope. Just write it down and keep it as sticky note on monitor :)
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Nope. Just write it down and keep it as sticky note on monitor
That's all right then. Glad to hear you're taking security seriously.:-D
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You suggest me keeping 101+ passwords... This is quite impossible since I am a member of many websites. However, the serious websites such as the online bank do have a special username and password.
the confused are confused beyond confusion
I think you will find that you are in violation of the terms and conditions of most financial websites if you disclose your login details to any third party - this would include any other website. So if you reuse these logins you run the risk of fraudulent activity AND being held liable for it.
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pierrecor wrote:
You suggest me keeping 101+ passwords... This is quite impossible since I am a member of many websites
Yup. There are password vaults that you can use to store the details. The key point here though, is that by using the same password/username combination you leave yourself wide open to having your details stolen and accounts accessed. What you are doing is almost as bad as having your password set to password or abc123. They are easily guessed, and leave you wide open to online identity fraud.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
Dark Helmet: What idiot would use 12345 for a password?? (Whispers:Change my password):laugh:
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You suggest me keeping 101+ passwords... This is quite impossible since I am a member of many websites. However, the serious websites such as the online bank do have a special username and password.
the confused are confused beyond confusion
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pierrecor wrote:
You suggest me keeping 101+ passwords... This is quite impossible since I am a member of many websites
Yup. There are password vaults that you can use to store the details. The key point here though, is that by using the same password/username combination you leave yourself wide open to having your details stolen and accounts accessed. What you are doing is almost as bad as having your password set to password or abc123. They are easily guessed, and leave you wide open to online identity fraud.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
Pete O`Hanlon wrote:
abc123.
Damn...I'll change it.
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