Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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In the midst of a tragedy, when you need access to important sites, you will be locked out. Hope that list is never stolen. Likely years of financial and legal problems if that happens. Please rethink that approach. |
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The biggest security risk is not creating your passwords the correct way and not using 2FA.
It is proven that if your password is greater than 16 characters and some of those characters are special characters, it will take years to hack. Upper and lower case don’t matter much, it’s the length and special characters. How long does it take a hacker to crack one of your passwords in 2024? | Euronews. Also, I use LifeLock and it alerts me every access to my accounts, say dividends or buy and sell activity, every bank transaction, every hit your identity is hit in the dark web, section on freezing a 1/2 dozen sites (more than the 3 credit bureaus), on and on. I don’t use a password pgm mainly because I can store all mine in a safe location that is pwd protected and I will never use a pwd manager that stores your pwds in the cloud on their proprietary cloud, unless it’s Apples. I’ve used AWS and Google cloud in my prior working life and no thanks. |
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A lot of good suggestions here. One other I heard years ago from a security discussion - make sure you have a solid password and 2FA enabled for your email. Your email is quite often the path to password resets and authentication codes which bad actors could use to obtain access.
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there have been too many hacks of BIG companies
FREEZE YOUR CREDIT they already have you |
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LOL! password managers and strong passwords are not the savior you think they are.
If your passwords are stolen through malware when you are typing them, which doesn't involve brute force or quality of passwords, also called phishing, then one is still toast. If you have a sim swapping event in combo, you are toast with 2FA. If you think everything is fine, and someone uses your Microsoft Windows 365 password, they have access to all your password backup files. Nothing will save you if your passwords are stolen and someone wants to get into your accounts. If they find you have 2FA, then most likely they will move on to the next account. If they find out you have a lot of money, such as banking apps on your phone or stolen USPS mail, they will find a way to sim swap your phone by corrupting a phone company employee, kgb style. What does help is: 1) always use InPrivate or Incognito modes in browsers when accessing sensitive accounts. 2) Use a hard key instead of a software password: Options include: hardware key fob mfa device - Google Search Impossible to beat a hard key with software, but have a backup hidden somewhere just in case. . 3) Never re-use passwords for sensitive sites. 4) Never have sensitive apps with saved passwords on your phone, especially banking apps where apple store employees can see your account balances, numbers and location. 5) Use the strongest malware protection on your computing devices which you can buy good luck. . . former IT / finance guy |
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At a minimum, you also want 2FA on your email account. This is because email is the mechanism for changing passwords (where a link to reset password is sent). If your email doesn't support 2FA, you need a new email account.
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2. Can you give an example of a long passphrase? 3. What is meant by No single place for hackers to extract private information. Thanks for any info.
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I found this interesting about the information that can be stored in a printer.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/othe...27658fe4&ei=28 |
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Give me a break, if you haven't noticed hackers are breaking into almost any site they want. Today many are having their identity stolen, credit card fraud is on the rise, even hospitals have been shut down for ransom. |
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That being said, CoachK's post is the best advice. |
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12345 has worked for decades.
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Let's stop and think about it, I had suggested whatever passwords you have do not go to a third party or to the program that pops up asking if you want to save your password. I suggested keeping a log at home offline and a poster raised a number of scenarios, as fire, theft and hurricane which would demolish the house. I have two or three important contacts,
Bank, Broker, Email account. I personally know my broker so he will deal with any access I need; I know what bank I deal with and with proper ID they will deal with any problem that arises and my email I've had for so long the password is tattoo in my brain and if anyone dose access my email, they'll have to deal with all the spam. The other sites are trivial and if you forget the password as far, as I know these sites will send you an email instructing you how to get a new password. I believe the less information you share with others the safer you are. |
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Not complex enough. I use 1234567.
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