On Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:31:56 +1200 Chris Bannister <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 06:15:26PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > > On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:54:14 -0500 > > John Hasler <jhas...@newsguy.com> wrote: > > > > Hello John, > > > > >Brad Rogers writes: > > >> Yeah, on a Post-It note. Stuck to the monitor. > > >That's what people do when you tell them not to write it down. _Tell_ > > >them to write it down and tell them _how_. > > > > As it happens, I agree with you; write 'em down, and keep 'em safe. > > Or just have one, but make it a good 'un, and never tell anyone. > > Reasons: 1) If someone can brute force guess it, you've got other > problems. i.e. -- you're targetted! > 2) Clothes, possessions, etc. can be searched. You may never > know until its too late! > 3) If someone wants it, at least you'll know about it¹ > > Well, actually 2 - one for really important stuff, other for unimportant > stuff; I can trust my bank to keep it safe, but local supermarket is > another story. There have been numerous well-publicized breaches at banks, major retailers, etc. (and doubtless even more unpublicized ones). If / when hackers get your credentials to one institution, do you really want them to have the keys to all your accounts? Celejar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120801102209.a50706cc.cele...@gmail.com
