[GRLUG] hacked

Casey DuBois grlugcasey at gmail.com
Wed Jul 27 22:20:26 EDT 2011


Someone else mentioned keepass how long have you used it? What do you like most/least. 

Regards,
Casey DuBois
616-808-6942

On Jul 27, 2011, at 7:58 PM, Clay Ashby <kingpoiuy at gmail.com> wrote:

> I saw the email as well and my first thought was, "oh no, I've been there!" and my password was 9 char long with special char, uppercase, lowercase, and numbers...
> 
> Mine was actually hacked because the messages were in my sent items box and google had cut off my email service for 24 hours because I reached their limit per-day. This meant that I couldn't warn people of the issue because I couldn't email them! Bah!
> 
> Hope you got it figured out! I use keepass, havent tried lastpass yet.
> 
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 6:41 PM, Ben Rousch <brousch at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Jul 27, 2011 6:23 PM, "Adam Tauno Williams" <awilliam at whitemice.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 2011-07-27 at 16:59 -0400, Mike Williams wrote:
> > > I second the LastPass suggestion. It's really the only viable way to
> > > maintain complex, unguessable, and unique passwords without having
> > > some kind of mutant password-memorizing superbrain.
> >
> > Huh, I must have one of those.
> >
> > Just to go on record: I dismiss the notion that an adult human can't
> > trivially memorize a ten character 'random' string as total and absolute
> > bull crap.
> >
> > If you have trouble memorizing a ten character string you should
> > immediately make an appointment with a mental health professional;  soon
> > it will be an inability to memorize eight characters, then six
> > characters, then you'll get lost finding your way home [which requires
> > the equivalent of terabytes of information].
> 
> But what about 20 different strings of 10 random characters which change every few months and also which web site or application each string goes with, some of which you only login to once a month?
> 
> >
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