Category: Credentials
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Stored Passwords–Beware, and know.
How many passwords do you have? How many of them are unique? How many of them would cause you, should they fall into the wrong hands, grief, hardship, financial loss? Now what would you say if I told you that anyone with a very little bit of knowledge could access all of those passwords, and…
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Passwords: Beware
I held out as long as I could; I have never used a password vault, thinking that I could remember all of my passwords for several dozen sites and applications without having to trust them to any third party. Of course, many of the passwords I used were reused a few times, and oftentimes I…
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An Unexpected Consequence of Super-Stability
This would never have happened with Windows XP. As I always do after a long day of driving I woke up this morning and reached for my phone. I had driven 1,092kms the previous day, which meant that I spent my attention on the road and not on my phone – doubly so because it…
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Pass the Word…
How often do you change your online passwords? If you are like the vast majority of us then the answer is not nearly often enough. Until recently I fell into the same category, and fixing that took a little bit of doing. One day several months ago I looked at Theresa and said ‘I think…
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User Account Options in Windows 8
Earlier today I discussed the Picture Password and PIN codes in Windows 8. What I didn’t mention is that for non-corporate users (who will still continue to log on using domain accounts) you have a new option in Windows 8… and that is to use your Microsoft Account to log on to your system. Cool,…
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Why we need a backup…
This is a story about IT Security. It is hard to believe that within three weeks we have had our Kia Rondo. However it is easy enough to gauge… we brought it home (used) on New Years Eve, December, 2009… When I drove Theresa to the hospital to deliver Gilad it was still on its…
The World According to Mitch 