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And the most common passwords in 2019 are...

Ríu ríu chíu said:
That said, password managers offer other benefits than just storing and generating passwords. I use 1Password not only for my actual passwords, but also to keep track of my credit cards (it reminds me when they are about to expire), my driver's license and passport (ditto), reward programs (hotels, air miles, grocery stores, etc.), secure storage of documents, that type of thing.
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So what you're saying is, if something happens to go Horribly Wrong™ with 1Password, you're really up a creek! ;)
 
Ar-Pharazon said:
Even if I "wrote" them down, it would be in an Excel sheet or something that nobody else would get their hands on.

I do use the same P/W everywhere, but change it every 90 days when my work one needs changing. It's just a matter of remembering which places I had to use the special character. Once I've logged in, my browser remembers it (again, nobody else uses either of my computers).
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They don't need to use your computer to gain access to it. Thanks to our always connected internet ecosystem, you have a signal that broadcasts your location 24/7. An Excel spreadsheet offers no security whatsoever unless you're encrypting that file. If you are, then that's a pretty safe measure to take. So if you're not, do that. Otherwise, your Excel file might as well be a plain text password list.
 
It would be nice if Face ID was more widely used (I'd LOVE it if the iMac could get it, like iOS devices already have) and if websites could somehow support it. That way there'd be no need for passwords!
 
^ Why not?

I just got a new iPhone and I freaking LOVE Face ID. It's quite a bit easier and more seamless than the old Touch ID.
 
Ríu ríu chíu said:
^ Why not?

I just got a new iPhone and I freaking LOVE Face ID. It's quite a bit easier and more seamless than the old Touch ID.
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It's all about privacy. I have no desire to help Apple, Facebook, or any other technology company get a nice good profile of my face to help them develop better software that can be used against people.
 
Ríu ríu chíu said:
Why not?
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There are hundreds of articles online about security and privacy concerns inherent in facial ID. Here is but one example, Google should provide you with plenty more.

https://bdtechtalks.com/2017/10/21/face-recognition-faceid-security-privacy-concerns/

Ríu ríu chíu said:
I just got a new iPhone and I freaking LOVE Face ID. It's quite a bit easier and more seamless than the old Touch ID.
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Yes, convenience is the main selling point. It just depends how much you are willing to trade for that convenience.
 
Eleven Days of Christmas said:
There are hundreds of articles online about security and privacy concerns inherent in facial ID. Here is but one example, Google should provide you with plenty more.

https://bdtechtalks.com/2017/10/21/face-recognition-faceid-security-privacy-concerns/



Yes, convenience is the main selling point. It just depends how much you are willing to trade for that convenience.
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Yep. There's a reason corporations like Google, Amazon, and Facebook are selling people digital assistant devices at rock bottom prices, and it has little to do with your convenience as the consumer.
 
Look if everyone is worried just let me have your passwords for safe keeping and that way you don't have to bother to remember them and you can make them more complex. I promise to take good care of them. Also the security words you might need to confirm you are you when using your password. Might as well toss in birthday and social security number as well to be super safe.


Jason
 
It seems to be, not just people choosing weak passwords, but other problems.

People reusing the same passwords on multiple sites.
Having all their accounts linked to the same email address
Websites not enforcing strong passwords in the first place
Passwords being stored in databases as plain text or with weak hashes
Hashed passwords being easily cracked because weak passwords were used
 
so my solution to a problem I was having with being hacked into often *twice a year* was to do that horrid two step login back to my phone with the connection .. I now have the same phone number since a few years which is new.. I had lost and changed my phone number and did not change it in time to apply it to my twitch account .. I could not contact support to solve this problem and ended in starting a whole new account name and password --- I don't think I used --- that two step then .. due to that problem with twitch :)

but yeah my old twitch account here === https://www.twitch.tv/xik4 that seems to have been almost totlally deleted IDk my new account is just a number difference here--- https://www.twitch.tv/xik6 although my in game name is xik4 that does not match my twitch name but yeah it sucks like that... :(

so when logging into to the google thing I have an easy password and it asks if I am logging in on the phone ;) Yes ===
 
I sometimes wrote down the first letter of my passwords and any punctuation I had to add to satisfy password requirements. That’s enough to jog memory.
 
Avro Arrow said:
So what you're saying is, if something happens to go Horribly Wrong™ with 1Password, you're really up a creek! ;)
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No, I'm not saying that at all.

Of course, things "can" theoretically go wrong. I'm not denying that. I'm just trying to balance the risks.

And, the way I see it, the risks of NOT having a password manager are much greater than the risks OF having one.

I hate to keep coming back to this, but what ELSE are you going to do? If you don't have an app like this, you either have to use the same password for multiple sites (which is obviously unsafe), or write them down (which somebody might find). And the likelihood of either of those scenarios going wrong is a billion, billion times greater than a password manager going south on you.

Ar-Pharazon said:
Even if I "wrote" them down, it would be in an Excel sheet or something that nobody else would get their hands on.
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If a file exists, somebody can always get their hands on it. Doesn't matter where it is.

And any encryption that could be applied to an Excel spreadsheet would be vastly inferior to the encryption that password managers use.
 
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Mr. Laser Beam said:
It would be nice if Face ID was more widely used (I'd LOVE it if the iMac could get it, like iOS devices already have) and if websites could somehow support it. That way there'd be no need for passwords!
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I beg to differ. What if you got into a brawl and are black and blue all over? What if you ahve a toothache and your cheek is swollen? What if you have an accident and have to undergo plastic surgery? What if you suddenly break out in pimples? In all these cases the software wouldn't recognize you and you'd be locked out of your own computer.
I find passwords safer and if - like me - you use 12-18 digits, upper and lower case, numbers and special characters you'll be pretty safe.
 
rhubarbodendron said:
I beg to differ. What if you got into a brawl and are black and blue all over? What if you ahve a toothache and your cheek is swollen? What if you have an accident and have to undergo plastic surgery? What if you suddenly break out in pimples? In all these cases the software wouldn't recognize you
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IIRC, Apple's current implementation of Face ID actually WOULD work in all these scenarios.
 
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