Roger -
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Steve Smith <sasm...@swcp.com
<mailto:sasm...@swcp.com>> wrote:
Moral of the story, "don't be a low-hanging fruit!" .
Easier said than done.
Agreed... as what constitutes "low hanging" changes rapidly.
But seriously, using your username as your password, or "password" as
your password or your lastname joined with your birthyear is pretty low
fruit.
My mother (86) can't really comprehend anything past that, but *can* and
*does* keep a password list in a book by her computer... totally open to
physical attack (anyone coming into her home) but as good as it gets
(with a good password generator) otherwise I think.
My wife (no where near 86) is stubborn and uses the lowest hanging fruit
she can find. Fortunately she doesn't do any online banking, and is
paranoid enough about the NSA that very little else of worry is
connected to her online activity.
Me? I'm probably a prime target because I *think* I know what I'm
doing... I haven't been hacked/spoofed/phished effectively (yet) to my
knowledge but... shite, for all you know, this is someone just
pretending to be me! (or is it one of my many personalities?)
- Steve
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