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On Sat, 2009-11-28 at 20:44 -0600, Dale wrote: |
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> Another situation I was thinking about. Let's say it is as secure as |
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> they CLAIM it to be. If someone stole my puter, I could go to lostpass |
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> and change the master password or just close the account. Then even my |
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> computer would be useless to them. From my understanding you have to |
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> type in the master password from time to time. If it is changed through |
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> the website, I'm sure it would require it to be re-entered. |
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Give most competent techs your machine and the data is theirs - unless |
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you have taken some extreme precautions. Standard IBM hardware is not |
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designed to be secure, and with the exception of some laptops (which in |
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most cases, things like encryption via the IDE interface available on |
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some Dell's and others, isnt even turned on!), most of those are not |
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either. |
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Lostpass looks ideal for those who lose/forget/do not really understand |
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what passwords are about - its better than the alternatives such people |
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come up with (a common, easily guessed password, or none if they can get |
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away with it). Got something valuable/want to keep private, dont use |
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them, or some of the google apps and others. |
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In fact, I know of some who have a separate, locked down a/c on their |
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machines just for banking - no browsing (and no extraneous browser |
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plugins) to other sites etc. - safer! (and relatively simple to do and |
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manage under nix) |
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BillK |
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William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> |
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