Moderately Confused by Jeff Stahler for March 27, 2024

And not something you’ve used previously.

The number is asking too much. They are annoying to remember.

And that password is the one that allows you to put in your password.

And hackers will still be able to access your account faster than you can.

she’s getting off easy. mine requires a blood sacrifice. every day. call it “working”

By the time she completes that sign in, the battery will need a recharge.

Speaking of wasting time, now when I want to check online prices from one grocery chain, they require me to provide my name, email address and a password, and to check whether I want delivery or pickup. And all I usually want is the price on one or two items.

Guess before long I’ll need my driver’s license or a membership card to shop there.

Yeah, yeah. I know. They think they are doing it for my convenience but that doesn’t work. They’re just interfering and pushing me toward a competitor that’s a bit further away but still close enough not to matter.

Don’t forget you will also need the DNA from your 3rd born grandchild, even though they aren’t here yet!

Ah my pet peeve: passwords.

A good password has three characteristics: it is long, it is difficult to guess, it is easy to remember.

THe Silly @$$ rules that site designers put on passwords makes the latter very difficult to do, so you have to write the passwords down (or use a password manager).

Putting @ for A or $ for S doesn’t make a password any more secure.

A six character password can be cracked in about 7 milliseconds. Make that 10 characters long and the time goes up to about an hour. Most hackers are not willing to spend that much time on your password (unless you are Bank of America, the IRS or other big target) and will move onto lower hanging fruit. My passwords are usually about 20 characters long. The universe will not last long enough to crack them. I use pass phrases rather than single words.

Then there are the organizations that make you change your password every 90 days. This is a tacit admission that they think someone will hack their system and they won’t know about it. Complying with this practice is probably NOT a bad idea for the reason cited.

Having said all this, the biggest threat to your computer security is phishing or “social engineering” where scammers try to trick you into giving them your information. If you get a threatening email or text message, call the official number for the organization in question. Don’t call the number in the message and do not click on any links.

I do have a 5 page spreadsheet with all my passwords. The hard copy sits on my desk at home. If someone gets access to it, they also have physical access to my computer. I’m in big trouble anyway.

Computers are getting awfully pushy with their password requirements.

“Rubber Soul”. Now I need a few minutes to come up with the rest.

WhiteAlbum@68 is sufficient.

They’ll be asking for a DNA sample next. Then it will be able to legitimately say “Sorry, you are too stupid to be allowed to use this computer” after it’s tested.

“Password” must contain a host and two teams of two players.

It would be really cool if hieroglyphics were included with unicode

That’s the trouble with modern computers, they don’t have hieroglyphics.

Why is this so true? Lol

Yeah, I don’t think so.