passwords

1911a1-fan

anyone else get very annoyed by the constant changing criteria of passwords needed online ?


ok sure its a good idea to not use the same pw for everything, but damn some require a capitol letter, and a number, certain length etc etc, then have a typo and get locked out, then after a reset you cannot reuse the old one, I have 1 company I work for that require it to change every 90 days whether you like it or not

my home ins, I have to reset it every single month, its ridiculous


I cant keep up with them, so I have a notebook, to me that makes it unsecure defeating the whole darn purpose

ruger41

Go watch video on YouTube about the deep and dark web....you will never again wonder why you need strong passwords and to change them now and then. There a part of the internet I didnt even know about til a few days ago. The Silk Road, where anything can be bought with anonimity. .includes guns, drugs, sex, counterfeit money, credit cards, and passwords....very scary place.

miles

There are a number of apps to help keep your pass words safe and handy.

Google can show you several. Here's one

https://gigaom.com/2009/03/24/password-management-roundup-five-apps-to-keep-your-passwords-safe/

He Dog

Nope, seems intelligent to try to stay out in front of hackers. That is why I use a router, and firewalls.

1911a1-fan

I wasn't talking about having to use them

but, case sensitive and numbers will not make it all that more difficult for a good hacker





I was referring to have 25 different passwords because constantly having to change them, as I said 1 company I have requires it to be changed every 90 day, so I have had to change it 24 times already

slumlord44

Just use password and be done with it.

buschmaster

if you use this program

http://keepass.info/

it stores your passwords, you can double click on a pwd to copy to clipboard, then it erases your clipboard after a few seconds for security. and it generates passwords. however long or complex you specify.

no hassle to change a pwd every 90 days because you just click a button.

JamesRK

1911a1-fan, I agree with you. Security is necessary but some websites have taken the passwords to the point of harassment without any increase in security and in some cases less security.

My system is even less secure than what you're doing. I have a shortcut to a word page with all my passwords on it. I just copy and paste. Some of the .gov sites won't let you paste a password. With those I just simplify the password as much as possible and stay within their "rules".

JnRockwall

have you seen the password you have to create for the batf&e website to efile for nfa items?

its more like a passsentence or a passpargraph than a password.

andrewsw16

I understand your pain. In my private life and government life combined, I have over 90 (yep, 90) passwords. Most are over 16 characters long and incorporate numbers, upper and lower case letters, and symbols. Oh, and some have to be updated as often as every 30 days. What a PITA! Still, anything less and some hacker will own your life. [;)]

Mercury

In a past life, I did a lot of cracking/hacking/phreaking. Never did anything malicious, but I certainly could have.

Here is a little info: 99% of "hacking attempts" (successful or not!) have NOTHING to do with user passwords.

No one cares about ONE account. They are going after admin stuff, NOT user stuff.

All of this password changing is just to make the users feel "safe". That is all.

The "bad guys" want in the system as an admin/god type, NOT as a user!

Don't use the same password, just in case. I use LastPass, and it is fantastic! Free, too, on the computer! ($12 a year on my cell phone!)

Merc

JnRockwall

I noticed the local office supply now sells little black book for passwords. Wonderful, we are so protected we have to write down passwords to keep up with them.