Comment on Google Says Sorry After Passwords Vanish For 15 Million Windows Users.

MrsDoyle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  In a household it’s probably not that bad. There aren’t many people breaking into homes looking for account details.

  I’ve had my identity stolen several times, and every single time it was stolen from a Fortune 500 company.

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• flerp@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I just make all of my passwords password123 then I don’t have to worry about memorizing them

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  • don@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    *********** that’s what I see

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    • Zink@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Maybe they’re using one of those instances that censors things, lol

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      • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        It’s an ancient meme. web.archive.org/web/20040604194346/…/bash.org/?24…

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  • smeeps@lemmy.mtate.me.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Ah, my girlfriend’s approach. No matter how much I show her a pwned password or set her up on my Vaultwarden, she’s not interested

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  • braindamagebuddy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yeah, these newfangled password requirements ruined my life. I refuse to sign up for any website that doesn’t let me use hunter2.

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• Crashumbc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Just add the same memorized bit to the end. Something simple like “123” would work. Even if the book is stolen it won’t do them any good.

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  • jabjoe@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Kind of like salting.

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    • sunred@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      This concept is also known as Double Blind Passwords or Horcruxing.

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  • MrsDoyle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That’s an excellent idea! I’ll mention it to her.

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• PlexSheep@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It’s a primitive password manager, primitive because unencrypted and not integrated into your devices, but far better than not having a password manager.

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  • viking@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Assuming the laptop is running bitlocker (often on by default), has a user password, and is offline, that’s pretty decent.

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    • MenacingPerson@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Notebook refers to a paper notebook. Not a laptop.

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      • MenacingPerson@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        And in which world is bitlocker on by default? Nope.

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• sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  My mom told me that she was made fun of for having a book of hand written account credentials related to running her business (6 people total). I told her it was the best way to do it that wasn’t massively overcomplicated for her situation and to keep it up. The only recommendation I made is that she use different long passwords for every site since she’s already not memorizing them.

  Personally I’m not convinced this isn’t the best way unless you’re being targeted by physical bad actors

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  • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Where is this book? In the office? I’d say that’s absolutely horrible. If it’s at home I think that’s more okay.

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• SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  What if the notebook gets destroyed or lost, though? That’s my biggest concern here

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