Thanks very much to both of you, I'll do as you advise. On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 10:02:38 PM UTC, Jon Stovell wrote: > > Rob is exactly right. Staying logged in on your computer only applies on > that unique, individual device. Another machine can't tap into that. If a > remote identity thief wants to log in to your email (in order to find other > logins, your banking info, and who knows what else, or to hijack your > account to use as a spam generator), they need to know your password > regardless of whether you are still logged to Gmail in on your own computer > or not. So, don't store your password anywhere that isn't encrypted. But as > for staying logged into Gmail on your own computer, that is quite safe > unless you are allowing the general public to use your user on your > computer unsupervised. > > On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 9:04:18 AM UTC-5, Rob McBroom wrote: >> >> On 11 Dec 2013, at 2:53, Zech wrote: >> >> Why is storing a password in a script file A Terrible Idea, but staying >> permanently logged in isn't? The worst anyone could do if they found the >> script would be to look at my emails... which they'd be able to do anyway >> if I stayed logged in, >> >> Well, for one thing, you’re only permanently logged in from your machine. >> You’d probably notice someone sitting there reading your mail. >> >> On the other hand, with your password, they could log in from anywhere, >> enable additional things on your Google Account, *send* mail as you, >> request password resets from other services, etc. >> >> A ton of people have already solved the problem of easy automated logins >> in far more secure ways. You should look into using the Keychain, >> 1Password, LastPass, or something like that. >> >> -- >> Rob McBroom >> http://www.skurfer.com/ >> >
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