Good point, Charles. Wolf Halton
-- This Apt Has Super Cow Powers - http://sourcefreedom.com Security in the Cloud - http://AtlantaCloudTech.com<http://atlantaCloudTech.com> Apache Developer [email protected] On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Charles Shapiro <[email protected]>wrote: > Other take-away: > > 'Tis safer to Pirate than to Rent. > > -- CHS > > > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 11:36 AM, Wolf Halton <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Take-away: >> do not use the same email/user name and password on multiple sites. >> do not use the same email for your bank login as anything else. >> do not use guessable sequences. Y%457abe on yahoo and G%457abe on gmail >> even though you use several emails, they are associated with you and >> could be aggregated, in the case one is found and decoded. >> >> There needs to be better encryption requirements generally, but just >> griping about what others do or don't do is not going to keep us any safer. >> >> Wolf Halton >> -- >> http://wolfhalton.info >> Apache developer: >> [email protected] >> On Nov 19, 2013 10:43 AM, "Stephen R. Blevins" < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> When I was a military officer I observed that if I made a bad decision, >>> I wasn't the one who had to do the work to correct, but my subordinates. >>> It inspired me to do a better job of being accurate with my >>> decision-making, but I still wasn't perfect. >>> >>> The customer and taxpayer pay for everything in society. >>> >>> Stephen R. Blevins >>> [email protected] >>> >>> On 11/19/2013 10:16 AM, Ron Frazier (TECHC) wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> This news is a bit old but I wanted to share it anyway. >>>> >>>> Adobe recently lost 150 million customer records. If you've EVER set up >>>> an account on their website, downloaded anything like Adobe Digital >>>> Editions or other software, or EVER bought anything from them directly, >>>> you're probably affected. >>>> >>>> Lastpass has posted a page where you can enter your email address and >>>> see if you were affected. >>>> >>>> https://lastpass.com/adobe/ >>>> >>>> I'm sure there are many other resources related to the subject. >>>> >>>> I was affected. That email address is obsolete, but now I'm having to >>>> jump through hoops and check my lastpass database to make sure that >>>> password is no longer in use anywhere. I'm also having to harass Adobe >>>> customer service to try to determine if I ever had a credit card >>>> attached to the account and which one, if any that was, all the while, >>>> explaining that I have a different email address now. >>>> >>>> Here's a quote from the blurb on the Lastpass website: >>>> >>>> <quote on> >>>> >>>> Adobe Has Been Hacked! >>>> >>>> Adobe has confirmed that hackers infiltrated their network and stole >>>> millions of customer emails and encrypted passwords. They have further >>>> acknowledged that your password hint, name, encrypted credit card >>>> number, card expiration date, and other confidential information may >>>> also have been leaked. An analysis of the hack by Paul Ducklin of Sophos >>>> states that 150 million users have been affected and that the encryption >>>> methods used to protect customer data are extremely weak. >>>> >>>> <quote off> >>>> >>>> I find this infuriating. Now I have to spend days reviewing my security >>>> and finances because they couldn't figure out how to do things right. >>>> >>>> Anyway, hope the info is helpful. >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> >>>> Ron >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> tech-chat mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.linuxmoose.com/mailman/listinfo/tech-chat >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> tech-chat mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.linuxmoose.com/mailman/listinfo/tech-chat >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > tech-chat mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linuxmoose.com/mailman/listinfo/tech-chat > >
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