Eyebrow Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OubaasDik Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 Where I work we now need 12 character passwords ....... blech!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunnyskies Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 I officially hate passwords. After reading At Large I lost a lot of faith in passwords. I can't stand the fact that for my office I have a password to log onto my computer, a password to get into our Wiki page, a password to access our template documents, a password to access the office online, a password to access my work emails on my iphone, a password to get into my iPad (as the office put a cyber lock on it as I can access work documents on my iPad), a password to get into our accounting system, and a password for the blackberry which I carry in addition to my phone. None of them are synced and they all need to be changed at different times. So you continually have to remember where you are in your cycle of passwords everytime you access anything.Then IT wonders why you start breaking the rules on passwords (like no family names, no pet names, no birth dates, no consecutive numbers or letters, etc, etc, etc), as if you don't use the passwords regularly you just loose track of where you are in the process. I finally lost track of the blackberry password as it was just too out of sync with everything else and I didn't use it often enough with having access on everything else. No it is a desk ornament.Not sure what all our IT specialists out there think. Are passwords really that great at locking out the baddies? If you read At Large you get the distinct impression that we are all wasting our time and if anyone wants to hack your systems they can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlBrough Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 (edited) And having a note book to remember all of them defeats the purpose!I have my Active Directory setup so that my uses HAVE to change their password once a month or when I force them to reset, the password is synced through all applications that need passwords, email and domain access... they were happy they only needed one password but unhappy they had to change it once a month and the complexity requirements Edited February 27, 2013 by AlBrough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunnyskies Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 Or saving them into a Word file on your computer!!I must be honest there are some that just have to be written down as they are too important to forget and not used frequently enough to be remembered, but I'm not telling where or for what! Then of course you just have to remember where you put the evidence - bit like when you buy a Christmas present in July and then have to remember where you put it on the night before Christmas. I know its here somewhere!! My husband can usually work out when the evidence is missing, as the entire house gets a spring clean while I'm in search mode. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sianvz Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 My worst is that spam thing where you have to decrypt the words. I sometimes spend minutes squinting my eyes to try and make out what it says. I normally have to refresh several times to get a new one that I can read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 (edited) I officially hate passwords. After reading At Large I lost a lot of faith in passwords. I can't stand the fact that for my office I have a password to log onto my computer, a password to get into our Wiki page, a password to access our template documents, a password to access the office online, a password to access my work emails on my iphone, a password to get into my iPad (as the office put a cyber lock on it as I can access work documents on my iPad), a password to get into our accounting system, and a password for the blackberry which I carry in addition to my phone. None of them are synced and they all need to be changed at different times. So you continually have to remember where you are in your cycle of passwords everytime you access anything.Then IT wonders why you start breaking the rules on passwords (like no family names, no pet names, no birth dates, no consecutive numbers or letters, etc, etc, etc), as if you don't use the passwords regularly you just loose track of where you are in the process. I finally lost track of the blackberry password as it was just too out of sync with everything else and I didn't use it often enough with having access on everything else. No it is a desk ornament.Not sure what all our IT specialists out there think. Are passwords really that great at locking out the baddies? If you read At Large you get the distinct impression that we are all wasting our time and if anyone wants to hack your systems they can.I use 1password.It allows you to have one master password that unlocks a vault that contains all of the 30 million or so passwords you need for modern life It also stores wallet items, id's etc....It is synced to all my devices (can do iPad, iPhone, PC, Mac, Android) and it logs into the web pages for me ( ) on all the major browsers (even on the iPhone). If I register for a new site it asks me if I want to put it in the vault as it can insert it automatically from the details I entered.Tis a fair whack of money but I do not know how I lived without it. Edited February 28, 2013 by Fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sianvz Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 That sounds good. I always worry because they say you should not use the same password for anything. Because sometimes you'll sign up for a random website where your password is visible by anyone who has access to the backend of the website. Then if you use it for your Gmail for example, then they can just hack your Gmail. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 (edited) That sounds good. I always worry because they say you should not use the same password for anything. Because sometimes you'll sign up for a random website where your password is visible by anyone who has access to the backend of the website. Then if you use it for your Gmail for example, then they can just hack your Gmail.Yeah the great thing with 1password (and apps like it) is you can auto-generate unique long passwords for important sites because you know you don't have to type them in yourself Edited February 28, 2013 by Fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyebrow Posted February 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 I use 1password.It allows you to have one master password that unlocks a vault that contains all of the 30 million or so passwords you need for modern life It also stores wallet items, id's etc....It is synced to all my devices (can do iPad, iPhone, PC, Mac, Android) and it logs into the web pages for me ( ) on all the major browsers (even on the iPhone). If I register for a new site it asks me if I want to put it in the vault as it can insert it automatically from the details I entered.Tis a fair whack of money but I do not know how I lived without it.Wow. It looks just what I need!Is the $50 once off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 (edited) Wow. It looks just what I need!Is the $50 once off?Yes, that buys it outright on that OS...though you pay various different prices for each OS you want to run it on (iOS, Android, Windows, Mac OS X etc) Edited February 28, 2013 by Fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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