On Feb 20, 2010, at 8:44 PM, Tony B wrote:
I have it set so our staff (myself
included) has to change passwords every few months. And I always use
strong
passwords. I can't even remember my gmail password, and I routinely
need
that when logging in from my laptop from the road.
This is a fi
On Feb 20, 2010, at 10:28 PM, Fred Holmes wrote:
One bank uses a pictogram -- picture. After entering only your
username, a different/succeeding page loads that shows a picture and
queries your password. This picture is individual for each
customer. You get to pick it out of a huge library
That brings to mind, how come banks (now they use 2 different passwords and
a pictogram for the most part) don't give you a teaser email reminding you,
periodically, to change your password... that would be a nice service.
I logged into a state payroll system this morning. As soon as I got into
At 09:56 PM 2/20/2010, Tony B wrote:
>Because people really hate that. I don't know what banks you're talking
>about, because none of mine have ever used 2 passwords or any type of
>'pictogram' (whatever that is?).
One bank uses a pictogram -- picture. After entering only your username, a
differ
Because people really hate that. I don't know what banks you're talking
about, because none of mine have ever used 2 passwords or any type of
'pictogram' (whatever that is?).
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 9:52 PM, rleesimon wrote:
> That brings to mind, how come banks (now they use 2 different passwo
That brings to mind, how come banks (now they use 2 different passwords and
a pictogram for the most part) don't give you a teaser email reminding you,
periodically, to change your password... that would be a nice service.
-Original Message-
From: Tony B [mailto:ton...@gmail.com]
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No, clipboard entry is no more secure than typing on the keyboard since it
uses the same routines. Virtual keyboards such as you describe can help.
Roboform has the option to use one for my master password, but it's usually
just cumbersome enough that I don't bother with it. But I would if I was at
At 03:38 PM 2/20/2010, tjpa wrote:
>For anything financial or attached to a credit card I use better
>passwords and I keep this list on paper. It is a short list.
I've heard that, at least in the past, it's better to do a secure copy/paste of
a password than to type it in with the keyboard. A
On Feb 20, 2010, at 2:35 PM, mike wrote:
I don't use a password manager, I use variations of the same
password for
everything. Passwords are anywhere from 7 alphanumeric characters
to 15
depending on what I am using it for. Never had any issues.
I do something similar. I have a rule for m
I use Password Safe
http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/
which is free / Gnu public license.
Having just glanced at their home page, I'm not using their latest version.
But maybe the snapshot just looks different because I just have a linear list
and am not using groups.
Stores as many as
I don't use a password manager, I use variations of the same password for
everything. Passwords are anywhere from 7 alphanumeric characters to 15
depending on what I am using it for. Never had any issues.
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Tony B wrote:
> These days you really have to have *som
I use the same password for most everything. I have a few exceptions. I
rank these in most important to least. My bank is a direct access to my money.
It has it's own password. Second are any other financial type sites that have
access to my credit cards, Amazon.com, etc. They have their
These days you really have to have *some *sort of password manager. However,
I don't see where this one is worth $10 more than Roboform (which I use).
Unless maybe they allow more than one install.
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Gail Miller wrote:
> Hi ... I'm looking for something that will
Hi ... I'm looking for something that will help me remember the
ever-increasing number of passwords. I found this site, recommended by PC
Magazine, but I seem to recall a discussion here long ago saying that such
programs are not secure. What's the scoop? Handy and safe or forget it?
http://ww
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