Good one, Bob. That is why I encourage Google users to enable the 2-step verification. Now, if we can get other online services to use something like Google's 2-step verification would make our live a little more secure. LastPass is highly recommended and respected amongst the tech community. I like and use KeePass. There's an installer and a portable app from Portable Apps.
---------------------------------------- Have a Better One, Edward Crosby http://about.me/edwardcrosby On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Race <[email protected]> wrote: > Lately there have been a rash of very popular website databases getting > hacked and having their troves of user id's and passwords plundered. I > knew about this, my forebrain acknowledged it, but I didn't think much > about it. > > No, I didn't get hacked. > > I did read this article at ArsTechnica and it really opened my eyes about > why these attacks are so important to you the individual. > http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/08/passwords-under-assault/ > > For those that don't want to read the piece, think on this: The people > that gleaned that information from those big sites (LinkedIn, Battle.Net, > etc.) didn't just get your current userid/password. They contributed to a > tool that can make cracking other existing sites that much quicker and > easier. They added all those password possibilities to an ever-growing > application whose sole purpose in life is to figure out what a given > password is. The scary thing is these tools are now ubiquitous and drop > dead simple to use. It won't be long before anyone with even a passing > interest of getting to your personal information, for whatever reason, will > have a quick and easy way of doing just that. > > Its a big deal. Change your passwords. Make them secure and different > per site. If you can, get a good password manager. I'm using LastPass and > I really like it. > > /cue "The More You Know" music > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/theuniquegeek/-/KSknjRJQzGAJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
