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Must Discuss the Kitties' Welfair
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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