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In reply to the discussion: Kill the Password: Why a String of Characters Can’t Protect Us Anymore [View all]unblock
(52,188 posts)29. the main point seems to be that passwords ARE good protection, just don't have a silly one
it's the ways to BYPASS the password that seems to be the main problem.
especially when the standard security questions are easily hacked.
if they want to make it easy to bypass a password, at least they should have questions whose answers can't be easily hacked.
name of first pet, or restaurant where you met your spouse, e.g., aren't likely to be easily googled, although even for those a few standard guesses would have a good hit rate.
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Kill the Password: Why a String of Characters Can’t Protect Us Anymore [View all]
UnrepentantLiberal
Nov 2012
OP
The GMAIL password is in clear text format for the Tech Support and AdWord folks to see. n/t
TheBlackAdder
Nov 2012
#12
A chunk of my own security is about screwing up the password reset questions
Posteritatis
Nov 2012
#4
The myth of the secured, networked computer. There has never been such a thing,
Egalitarian Thug
Nov 2012
#22
I've got so much stuff on Google that I took the precaution of activating 2 factor authentication.
backscatter712
Nov 2012
#24
the main point seems to be that passwords ARE good protection, just don't have a silly one
unblock
Nov 2012
#29
Meh... I use my BofA ATM PIN as my password for every online account. n/t
cherokeeprogressive
Nov 2012
#33