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Previously on "Time to reset those passwords"

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  • WTFH
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    Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
    Yep, locally stored fully encrypted, means o only have to remember one pass phrase then the app handles the 20 digit complex password with upper lower numbers and special characters.

    I assume you use post it notes?


    Yes, and my encryption method is brilliant. I write down every letter (upper & lower case), every number and every special character.
    Each one is on a separate post-it note.


    Hey presto, I have my password written securely.



    Simples.

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  • FatLazyContractor
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    Originally posted by SimonMac View Post

    I assume you use post it notes?
    Nope. Behind condom packets

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  • SimonMac
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    Originally posted by FatLazyContractor View Post
    So you let an app manage all your passwords for you?
    Yep, locally stored fully encrypted, means o only have to remember one pass phrase then the app handles the 20 digit complex password with upper lower numbers and special characters.

    I assume you use post it notes?

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  • SimonMac
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    Originally posted by TestMangler View Post
    I normally use Password123
    FTFY

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  • stek
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    It's best to have all your passwords the same one cos if you have more there's more chance of a hacker guessing one of them.

    Simples!

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  • FatLazyContractor
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    Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
    One of the benefits of using a password management app, regular prompts me to change passwords, uses a very complex one, and a different password for each site.

    I use 1password
    So you let an app manage all your passwords for you?

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  • ctdctd
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    Originally posted by stek View Post
    I use yellow post-it's under my keyboard. No-one'll ever think of looking there.
    You might be righter than you think..

    Many moons ago, I was complaining about my pens being stolen and a fellow contractor suggested leaving them under my keyboard when away from my desk.

    He was right - never lost a pen since. Now to find some post-it notes..........

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  • Uncle Albert
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    Originally posted by stek View Post
    I use yellow post-it's under my keyboard. No-one'll ever think of looking there.
    Realistically it is quite safe there. No hacker is going to risk breaking into your house for one password when they can nab a million off LinkedIn.

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  • stek
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    I use yellow post-it's under my keyboard. No-one'll ever think of looking there.

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  • TestMangler
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    Originally posted by SimonMac View Post
    One of the benefits of using a password management app, regular prompts me to change passwords, uses a very complex one, and a different password for each site.

    I use 1password
    I normally use Password1

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  • SimonMac
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    One of the benefits of using a password management app, regular prompts me to change passwords, uses a very complex one, and a different password for each site.

    I use 1password

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  • DaveB
    started a topic Time to reset those passwords

    Time to reset those passwords

    Millions of hacked LinkedIn IDs advertised 'for sale' - BBC News

    A hacker is advertising what he says is more than one hundred million LinkedIn logins for sale.
    The IDs were reportedly sourced from a breach four years ago, which had previously been thought to have included a fraction of that number.
    At the time, the business-focused social network said it had reset the accounts of those it thought had been compromised.
    LinkedIn now plans to repeat the measure on a much larger scale.

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