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Snowden May Help Explain Your Job To Your Family
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Joe Stanganelli
Joe Stanganelli,
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9/20/2016 | 11:58:14 AM
Re: Black tape.
@Whoopty: Precisely why so many security professionals are actively advising people now to write their passwords down...provided that:

1) They keep the password writings in a truly safe location (e.g., NOT on the computer monitor, NOT on their desk or in their top desk drawer, NOT in a notebook that's labelled "Password Minder" in big letters, etc.), and

2) They use long, truly entropy-filled (esp. computer-generated, for maximum randomization) passwords.

If your password is going to be "password123!" then there's little utility in writing it down (and if you make that your password and still can't remember, then maybe you should be grounded from using your devices).  But if writing your password down is what it's going to take to make you pick truly long and complex passwords that are full of entropy, then maybe that's what you should do.
Whoopty
Whoopty,
 User Rank: Ninja
9/15/2016 | 7:42:16 AM
Re: Black tape.
Oh I know that headache. So often when I help fix someone's system it's because they did something dumb security wise. 

It's just not possible to take on everyone's security responsibilities though. I can't remember all of your passwords and mine!
Joe Stanganelli
Joe Stanganelli,
 User Rank: Ninja
9/14/2016 | 1:26:02 PM
Re: Black tape.
I get poked fun at a lot for my secure approach to passwords.  (One person I know once changed a (low-risk/low-exposure, albeit) password of theirs to "QWERTY" for a time just to try to annoy me.)
Whoopty
Whoopty,
 User Rank: Ninja
9/13/2016 | 7:52:35 AM
Re: Black tape.
Totally agree. I have the same reaction with my giant passwords and consistent changing, their uniqueness. It's something most just don't put the effort into.

However I am interested to watch Snowden. I like Joseph Gordon Levitt a lot, so am interested to see how he plays the 'character.' 
Joe Stanganelli
Joe Stanganelli,
 User Rank: Ninja
9/13/2016 | 5:08:17 AM
Black tape.
My own loved ones have called me crazy to tape over and block my webcams.  I've called them crazy not to.


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