Security level: uncrackable. Storage method: taped to my monitor
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"Needs to be 15 characters long, upper case and lower case, have a special symbol, numbers, require a fingerprint, footprint, saliva, urine sample, eye scan, facial recognition, and a Kamino clone of yourself to press the log in button that's twenty feet away at the exact same time."
1 week ago
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As one computer security expert once told me, 'if they are in the location where your passwords are written down, you've got bigger security problems than just passwords"
6 days ago
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Forgets password. Makes new password. Password can't be used more than once They can't figure out why I don't want to do this shit.
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The kind of criminal that breaks into your house is probably not the kind of criminal that breaks into your computer. If they were, they probably wouldn't be breaking into your house.
1 week ago
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Yeah, but if someone unauthorized is in my house and looking at my sticky notes, the computer is the least of my concerns
1 week ago
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I took an information systems class in college and my professor said the same thing. Social engineering is the #1 way passwords are hacked. Difficult password requirements, and requiring frequent changes make your team significantly more likely to be hacked from internally
1 week ago
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I was in the USAF and had to access multiple password protected websites. The passwords were outrageously complex and had to be changed every 90 days and couldn't repeat and...you couldn't write them down. I kept the passwords on a yellow sticky note under my keyboard. I wasn't the only one.
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Literally keeping it in a notebook in your desk drawer at home is actually incredibly secure, for anyone to get it would require physical access to your home and some scammer den in Eastern Europe or India or wherever is not going to be able to do that. In an age where the threats are all online, 'analog' security prevails.
1 week ago
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If learning cyber security has taught me one thing, it's that the most secure thing you could keep your info on is a piece of paper.
1 week ago
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Actually a post-it note in some drawer near your computer is infinitely safer than saved anywhere on your computer system. Hackers can access your files, they can't access the real life drawers next to your computer.
1 week ago
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Which is still safer because the majority of threats today are from the Internet, not someone who has access to your computer physically.
1 week ago
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As a locksmith told me, "Locks only keep honest people out. If someone wants to, they can just kick down your door."
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If you want a tip for secure passwords that you can remember: 1) Get a sentence. "This is my very secure password for Discord that no one will ever crack" 2) take only the first letters "TimvspfDtnowec" Already looks like a safe password. 3) replace a letter or two with numbers s-->5 and "no one"-->n1 "Timv5pfDtn1wec" 4) replace a letter with a special char i-->! "T!mv5pfDtn1wec" Only thing you need to remember is the sentance and choose the numbers/special chars in a way that comes natural for you. You also need passwords for your PC and online banking? Just replace the Discord. "T!mv5pfPCtn1wec" "T!mv5pfOBtn1wec" It's also very easy to change your passwords. Just get a new sentence. Edit: you can even write the sentence down on a post it next to your pc. Depending on the sentence it's hard to realise what it is.
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That's still pretty secure, as long as it isn't in a public place. If it's at your own house, in your bedroom/office/whatever, it's not in a place hackers can find it.
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Yeah. And if I am forced to change it every 3 months "for security reasons" I am going to have to write them down too. I can only remember that many passwords before I lose track. Nothing is wrong with the password I have used for 18 years in a game. It's never once been changed. The worst part is. If they want in, they're going to find a way regardless of how "secure" your password is. Also... Another funny little story, I was trying to come up with a password for a tool I needed for work. There were so many requirements it was ridiculous. I think I tried for 20-30 minutes before the chosen password finally stuck. By that point I didn't expect any of it to work and I immediately forgot the password. I simply didn't commit them to memory anymore. 🤣 Needless to say my team lead was not happy when I requested password recovery lol
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FACTS! If I have to make it sooo convoluted, I'll be putting it down in an unsecured spot because there's no way I'll be able to remember it!
1 week ago | 32
There are reasons the cyber security field has an old adage: "Too much security is not enough security". Aka, the post-it note paradox.
6 days ago | 25
This is so true that they actually taught me about this in my college studies. I studied computer repair, which had a required networking security and anti-social engineering aspect.
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It makes it easier for people to guess it imo. Everyone knows it's gonna have a capitalized letter a number and a symbol. If you know someone slightly you can guess their password. I miss the old days when I could make whatever my password with no restrictions
5 days ago | 9
Sigma Monkey
EXACTLY 👇
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