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| 390812 | 2005-09-25 22:24:00 | While I was building another computer, I got to asking myself "Why do I need different passwords for areas on my computer that are all different?" Here's the thought. If I NEVER use a credit card or PIN or anything that may hazard my security if it gets out, what's wrong with using the same password all over the place? If it gets compromised, so what? I am not going to do any financial transactions on this 'puter, nor will I post my Social Security number (US ID number), won't write checks via e-checks from my bank...etc. Am I fooling myself? Is it REALLY necessary to have complex and different passwords all over the place for different applications? :confused: |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 390813 | 2005-09-25 22:46:00 | Yes. | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 390814 | 2005-09-26 00:02:00 | Passwords are getting easier and easier to be cracked as computers are getting more and more faster and advanced . It is absolutely necessary to have different and complex passwords for every account that you have . Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 390815 | 2005-09-26 00:12:00 | If I NEVER use a credit card or PIN or anything that may hazard my security if it gets out, what's wrong with using the same password all over the place? If it gets compromised, so what? I am not going to do any financial transactions on this 'puter, nor will I post my Social Security number (US ID number), won't write checks via e-checks from my bank . . . etc . Am I fooling myself? Is it REALLY necessary to have complex and different passwords all over the place for different applications? I'd agree with you - that is, so long as you REALLY don't do anything with this PC . Like go on the net with it . If it just sits and runs games or something then, no , who cares? |
pctek (84) | ||
| 390816 | 2005-09-27 05:21:00 | I accidentally fell onto the following article while surfing...(c/p) Designing Secure Systems that People Can Use O'Reilly Releases "Security and Usability" Sebastopol, CA--Conventional wisdom dictates that there must be a tradeoff between security and usability. To illustrate the point, Lorrie Faith Cranor, DSc, and Simson Garfinkel, Ph.D., contrast a computer with no passwords with one "that makes you authenticate every five minutes with your password and a fresh drop of blood." The former is usable, but not secure, while the latter is secure but holds little appeal for most users. In their new book, "Security and Usability" (O'Reilly, US $44.95), Cranor and Garfinkel contend that security and usability are not inherently at odds; in fact, tomorrow's computers won't be secure unless researchers, designers, and programmers can invent new ways to make security systems easier to use. So, again, I guess I am not alone in the question I proffered here primarily. It seems like we have to be able to strike a more neutral balance with passwords and security. If I keep my security patches, updates and newest version up to date, what does it really matter even with an on-line 'puter if my passwords are all the same for every site, even though they are complicated and rated very high as an individual password? :waughh: |
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