From the mouth of babes, part 12398

re: From the mouth of babes, part 12398

wng_z3r0 — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:35:28 GMT

If you don't trust the computer you are entering passwords on, then you shouldn't be entering passwords in the first place. Even those so called on-screen keyboards can be logged.

wng

re: From the mouth of babes, part 12398

Jaynewannabe — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:11:42 GMT

I disagree with the PWSafe feature as being secure if it copies it to the clipboard...I use Roboform at times, which even has a keylogger defeater (pop-up qwerty panel) but even that could be compromised with that proof-of-concept multiple screenshot program.

If I knew anything about programming, I'd write it just to see if it could be done. I love stuff like that.

I like to have fun by telling people "I have the *COOLEST* password EVER!"

re: From the mouth of babes, part 12398

Phil Somerset — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:59:37 GMT

Well, actually, it's only part of the word. The full word from Mary Poppins is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. And you're right; he will probably have changed it many times before his sibs are old enough to write.

I use a simple program called PWSafe. It's a password protected password database. It's coolest feature is to let you double-click on the account entry to put the password into the paste buffer. You can then paste it into the password field without anyone being able to see it. I've got accounts where I let PWSafe generate a random password. I don't even know what it is! I just cut and paste.

re: From the mouth of babes, part 12398

Ruthie Bailey — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:45:28 GMT

If you read long enough and thoroughly, the answers will be found. The first tip, Microsoft's advice on creating strong passwords answered my question above. Let this be a lesson to me!

re: From the mouth of babes, part 12398

*** Carlson — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:37:44 GMT

That's why when I was working in Marketing, I told everyone in the building what my password was...

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Ruthie Bailey — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:33:10 GMT

But, what if the site requires a short password, a six, seven, or eight digit one? No passphrases allowed, of course!

re: From the mouth of babes, part 12398

Susan — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 23:26:21 GMT

When I was a little girl and Mom and Dad would want to talk about something and not let me know what they were talking about (like Christmas, a birthday, etc), they would spell the word they didn't want me to hear if I happened to walk in the room or be in the room. This "cryptology" of a sorts was done knowing that at that age, even though I was in school, I couldn't put the letters together in my brain fast enough to understand what they were talking about.

Well you can see where this is going... a bit later I realized that if I could remember the letters long enough to go run to a piece of paper to write the letters down, they magically turned into a word. I would then yell out "hey you are talking about ______" ....whatever they were talking about.

Needless to say their rudimentary form of cryptology and "encryption" of private messages only lasted so long.

re: From the mouth of babes, part 12398

Aaron Margosis — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:53:01 GMT

Of course, there are very different security issues around kids posting information about themselves online, especially when associating PII (like their names) with it.

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Brant Gurganus — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:02:51 GMT

But you do know how to write and just told the world the password. I doubt that was the real password though.