Re: Forum hacked
Posted by
Steve Smith on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Forum-hacked-tp7584291p7584297.html
Roger -
Agreed... as what constitutes "low hanging" changes rapidly.
But seriously, using your username as your password, or "password"
as your password or your lastname joined with your birthyear is
pretty low fruit.
My mother (86) can't really comprehend anything past that, but *can*
and *does* keep a password list in a book by her computer... totally
open to physical attack (anyone coming into her home) but as good as
it gets (with a good password generator) otherwise I think.
My wife (no where near 86) is stubborn and uses the lowest hanging
fruit she can find. Fortunately she doesn't do any online banking,
and is paranoid enough about the NSA that very little else of worry
is connected to her online activity.
Me? I'm probably a prime target because I *think* I know what I'm
doing... I haven't been hacked/spoofed/phished effectively (yet) to
my knowledge but... shite, for all you know, this is someone just
pretending to be me! (or is it one of my many personalities?)
- Steve
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