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Re: Dear Linkedin,
From: Paul Graydon <paul () paulgraydon co uk>
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 09:56:03 -1000
On 06/08/2012 09:48 AM, Michael Thomas wrote:
Use a password safe. Simple. Most of them even include secure password generators. That way you only have one password to remember stored in a location you have control over (and is encrypted), and you get to adopt secure practices with websites.Linkedin has a blog post that ends with this sage advice:* Make sure you update your password on LinkedIn (and any site that you visit on the Web) at least once every few months.I have accounts at probably 100's of sites. Am I to understand that I am supposed to remembereach one of them and dutifully update them every month or two? * Do not use the same password for multiple sites or accounts.So the implication is that I have 100's of passwords all unique and that I mustchange every one of them to be something new and unique every few months. And remember each of them. And not write them down.* Create a strong password for your account, one that includes letters, numbers, and other characters.And that each of those passwords needs to be really hard to guess that I change to everyfew months on 100's of web sites.I'm sorry, my brain doesn't hold that many passwords. Unless you're a savant, neither doesyours. So what you're telling me and the rest of the world is impossible.What's most pathetic about this is that somebody actually believes that we all reallydeserve this finger wagging.
The only real inconvenience might be having to log into each of whatever sites it is you're concerned about and changing the password on them.
Paul
Current thread:
- Dear Linkedin, Michael Thomas (Jun 08)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Lyndon Nerenberg (Jun 08)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Paul Graydon (Jun 08)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Michael Thomas (Jun 08)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Paul Graydon (Jun 08)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Michael Thomas (Jun 08)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Michael Thomas (Jun 08)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Alec Muffett (Jun 08)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Michael Thomas (Jun 08)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Alec Muffett (Jun 08)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Owen DeLong (Jun 08)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Joe Provo (Jun 08)
- Re: Dear Linkedin, Michael Thomas (Jun 08)
- Password safes &c. (was: Dear Linkedin,) Andrew Sullivan (Jun 08)