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Why do we have to reset passwords so regularly?
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:37 am
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:37 am
If it's currently working and secure, why change it? We don't regularly change our house locks, do we?
Why is it different with passwords? Seems the only thing it does is ensures we all have a Passwords word document saved on our computer to keep track of these damn things
Why is it different with passwords? Seems the only thing it does is ensures we all have a Passwords word document saved on our computer to keep track of these damn things
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Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:38 am to NolaLovingClemsonFan
If you tell us your password we can make sure it's secure for you.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:39 am to NolaLovingClemsonFan
Just install LastPass
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:40 am to NolaLovingClemsonFan
skurity
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:40 am to NolaLovingClemsonFan
Chy na
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:42 am to NolaLovingClemsonFan
Username: NolaLovingClemsonFan
Password: password
Password: password
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:42 am to NolaLovingClemsonFan
A word document with passwords.... such a boomer thing to do.
You're the same guy who had them written down and taped to his monitor too huh?
You're the same guy who had them written down and taped to his monitor too huh?
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:42 am to NolaLovingClemsonFan
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We don't regularly change our house locks, do we?
Why is it different with passwords?
Well, for one, someone can sit there and attempt to pick your virtual lock without you noticing.
quote:
Seems the only thing it does is ensures we all have a Passwords word document saved on our computer to keep track of these damn things
Don't do this. Do you hide your spare house key under the mat in front of the door it unlocks? Because don't do that either.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:44 am to NolaLovingClemsonFan
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we all have a Passwords word document saved on our computer
false
just download keepass.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:45 am to GRTiger
Nobody touches my virtual lock bro, nobody
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:45 am to NolaLovingClemsonFan
So it’s harder for Zuckerberg to watch us stock the pond with brown trout as we browse the OT.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:46 am to NolaLovingClemsonFan
quote:
Why is it different with passwords? Seems the only thing it does is ensures we all have a Passwords word document saved on our computer to keep track of these damn things
Which is why NIST guidelines (and anyone in cybersecurity with common sense) advocate not requiring frequent password changes and instead push to using long passphrases.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:48 am to GRTiger
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Do you hide your spare house key under the mat in front of the door it unlocks?
i hide 5 keys together but, only one works.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:49 am to NolaLovingClemsonFan
I tried changing my password to *mydick* but it wasn't long enough.
Wait, that's not right...
Wait, that's not right...
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:50 am to Ed Osteen
I'm touching it right now. 
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:50 am to NolaLovingClemsonFan
Imagine you constantly have a large amount of people outside your house trying break in by making keys to your house. If you have a single lock with a basic key, the odds of them breaking into your house and stealing everything you own is high. But if you have multiple locks (complicated passwords with a lot of digits and mixed characters) and change those locks often, then the odds of them breaking into your house is much lower
I work in IT security. It's best to have a long (15 characters at least) password of randomly generated characters. And dont use the same password for multiple sights. That way when one site inevitably gets hacked, they dont have your login info for anywhere else
I work in IT security. It's best to have a long (15 characters at least) password of randomly generated characters. And dont use the same password for multiple sights. That way when one site inevitably gets hacked, they dont have your login info for anywhere else
This post was edited on 7/30/20 at 8:55 am
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:54 am to fallguy_1978
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Just install LastPass
This. Keepass is nice too (open source, local install) but not quite as convenient.
I've used both. Use generated and separate passwords for everything. I even generate answers for my "security questions" and put them in the "notes" field in Lastpass.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:57 am to NfamousPanda
I use Lastpass and randomly generate every password I have. I dont know any of them. For work I just memorize it. I'm not going to be the guy at my company that gets hacked and loses the company millions of dollars.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 8:59 am to NolaLovingClemsonFan
I get why they need to be changed, but what aggravates me is the nagging to change it before it expires. My work password expires periodically. For two weeks before it expires the system constantly nags you saying it will expire soon and prompts you to go ahead and change it. It does it every time you log in, and keeps doing it you stay logged in. If they're going to be that aggravating about it, they should just go ahead and change the expiration date.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 9:01 am to NfamousPanda
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I'm not going to be the guy at my company that gets hacked and loses the company millions of dollars.
Why go through all that effort when I can just use a compromised O365 account that you've emailed with before and send you a phishing link because your company is too cheap to use MFA?
(not you per say, just what I see on a daily basis as opposed to "hacking" in the traditional sense)
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