On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Steve Smith <sasm...@swcp.com> wrote:
> 150, 240, 900 !? > > ?!What!? are you guys addicted to? Including PINs for bank-cards (not > used online) I can't estimate over a dozen or two myself. > Exactly! But you do have > 100 and you know it! How many on-line gifts? How many forums, even for trivial use? How many mail lists? How many bank, credit card, paypal logins? Amazon? Google? Moocs? Travel related? Airlines? NetFlix/Hulu/iTunes? Gmail? Dropbox? GitHub? Clothing? Shopping in general? NYTimes and other news sources? LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, G+, ... I could go on but dozens. I seriously, Seriously doubt it. > OK maybe hundreds over decades, but ... current? > Not so fast, mister! They're still there and very hackable. > Admittedly, I have probably cranked through a similar number of > "throwaways" where I've signed up for something (because that is the only > way to sample/test) and then let the login die or go fallow (and my > hashword) with it. But hundreds? Really? I'm worried about you guys! > They have groups and 12 step programs for things like this! > Login die? You sure? And indeed, how many folks can "delete" an account? Most don't have an obvious way do do so. > As for mnemonics or mental-hash-generators (hashwords?)... my decades of > high security environments where writing my password down anywhere > (including or especially electronically) or sharing it with anyone (e.g. > speaking it aloud) was a felony or low treason or something, I just can't > stand to see a password in clear text... it makes me cringe... so a whole > spreadsheet of my family jewels... I just couldn't... > > I only wish there were a 2-factor system for the masses that isn't > spoofable (the ones that use your Mac address of your device are better > than nothing but not unspoofable by far). > > - Steve > I am so worried about you guy who don't know just how many logins you have! :) -- Owen
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