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trigatch4

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Change your passwords for Email, Paypal, BankAccount, etc... anything important on a regular basis. And make the passwords RANDOM!

I just got my yahoo, gmail, paypal and bank account hacked and now I'm officially in debt with no way of verifying anything because my email addresses don't exist.

Fun, fun, fun.
Worst day ever.

Learn from me so you don't have to learn for yourself. Randomize the FUCK out of your passwords, use different passwords for different websites and change them every 30 to 60 days.
 


Stop download warez :P

But ya ... obviously stuff.

*goes off to change some pwd words*
 
I also used "yahoo mail notifier" plugin for FireFox... doubt it was the cause but ya never know... my Yahoo appears to have been compromised first.

I had thought about using "roboform" but now never will... if someone gains access to that its an automatic ticket to everything important to you.
 
That really sucks. I'm paranoid about my passwords, although probably not as careful as I should be. My Yahoo account is basically the hub for everything that I do, so if I lost that, they'd be able to get access to everything.
 
trigatch4 said:
Change your passwords for Email, Paypal, BankAccount, etc... anything important on a regular basis. And make the passwords RANDOM!

I just got my yahoo, gmail, paypal and bank account hacked and now I'm officially in debt with no way of verifying anything because my email addresses don't exist.

Fun, fun, fun.
Worst day ever.

Learn from me so you don't have to learn for yourself. Randomize the FUCK out of your passwords, use different passwords for different websites and change them every 30 to 60 days.
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Hey before your yahoo was hacked, was it playing up on you like redirecting back to yahoo home page or redirecting you to your yahoo account management page?

if so SHIT.. *runs off to change PW*
 
I don't think it is smart to write passwords down either, unless you have a very safe location.

My passwords are in a safe, but I also wrote them down in a sort of code, and only two specific people know exactly what the passwords would be in case something happened to me. (Yes, I'm sure the NSA would figure it out, but not really worried about them).

I think its important, in case something happens to you, have to make sure your family can retrieve your domains/sites/funds, doesn't hurt to provide explanations as well.
 
I know KeePass is a good option, but im always using different computers, any suggestions on a portable or dare say, online passwork keeper?

It would be interesting to see if anyone has built a simple free hosted password manager....

Would anyone be interested in an uber simple self hosted online password manager?
 
I use Password Corral loaded onto my flash drive which stays in my pocket when not in the USB port. I have about 300 passwords which is a pain and they are all over 10 digit and 'random'. Password corral has a random generate button to spit them out.

I recently found out that two of my banks who are constantly fussing and introducing new pain-in-the-butt security features, truncate your password to 8 characters. Figure that one.

The weak part of Password Corral is in the password to access it. Lose that and you're toast.
 
LazyD said:
Well, I just found that KeePass has a portable version, now I just need to figure out where in the fuck I put my flash drive...
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Yes, that is a weak spot in the plan. All the eggs in one basket makes the basket very valuable.

I have found that many, many programs will run OK from a flash drive, even if they aren't touted as 'portable'. My Feedreader and mIrc are both on the drive.
 
trigatch4 said:
I don't like that "flash drive" option... you're just shifting your vulnerabilty from one hand to the other. Its equally as vulnerable for other reasons and with other drawbacks.
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True no answer is probably perfect.

But, without being a mentat from the House Of Atreides, or using biometrics of some kind, I can't keep up with all the passwords of all my sites and dbases and hosts, etc. What's your method, if it's not top secret. Do you use mnemonics somehow? Duplicate passwords?

I use several computers at several locations and my pocket seems the best. The only thing I really slack on is a similarity in the contact email addresses I have.

How do you big time BHers with thousands of site deal with it? If you have to shoot me after you tell me then, pass.

What's your solution, Rob?
 
I lost my email address once too but got it back after a few days of talk with adwords support ( was a gmail address ).

Now I forward everything to a backup address on yahoo so even if I lose my account I still can use the gmail one if the "hacker" doesn't notice the forward .

Also at the same time creates a backup of emails .
 
thats fucked. I had a big problem with my credit card and
I was on the phone for 5 hours straight trying to figure it out. i had to deal with the biggest dipshits in history.
I talked to a total of 18 different people over 3 days and was on the phone for 9 hours total. Its still not fixed.
 
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