Re: Passwords
Originally Posted by
Omah
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Give RoboForm a try - it's free for all your devices - tablet, phone, PC .....
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...siber.roboform
Be prepared to spend some time testing it so that you can decide how you want to use it, for example:
- Automatically save new login information when you login to websites.
- View and Edit your Logins, Bookmarks, Identities, and Safenotes.
- Synchronize your RoboForm data with multiple computers and mobile devices.
Once it's set up then you only have to remember ONE password (and even that can be overriden, if desired).
This all sounds inherently dangerous.
Any kind of "password manager" essentially means all of your eggs are in one vulnerable basket. If someone hacks the password to your password manager then wouldn't they then have access to all your passwords?
On a similar vein I believe the recording of any passwords ANYWHERE on a computer is a crazy thing in the extreme.
Computers get viruses, Trojans, and get hacked. Why leave passwords hanging around anywhere on that medium?
And to follow up on that core principle I make it a point of absolute discipline to NEVER tick the pop up option for a computer or a website to "Automatically Remember You".
That is absurdity in the extreme.
It means that somewhere, out there, and/or on your PC, there is a file being kept with your login and password details for all such websites that you foolishly ticked that option.
Using such things makes people really lazy about security. It means they don't have to worry about remembering logins and passwords because THE COMPUTER will do it all for you . . . which when you think it through is stupid. It's data sitting there with your credentials waiting to be picked up by a virus or hacker.
If you are serious about security then there should be no trace of passwords on your PCs or anywhere else. You should be MANUALLY logging in to every website that has a login and password by which discipline you will always be familiar with your passwords because you are constantly using them.
I have a wide range of passwords. Some are based on a variety of system, some are not. I know them all because I am disciplined and do everything manually. My router password, ISP provider password, bank passwords, forum passwords, email passwords and so on. One doesn't need to be a super memory genius to do this, it only requires discipline and a sensible approach.