How are you celebrating?
I need to research some password manager tools to see if they are better than my current approach. My current approach allows a way to manage different passwords for different sites, but theoretically could be hacked. The password manager should work across the web (mainly using Chrome) and Android apps. Symantec has a password manager Norton Identity Safe which is in beta.
Some tips about keeping secure:- Do not use the same password for same ID or associated e-mail address across multiple sites.
- Do not use obvious passwords. Adding numbers like the year to the end of password does not make it that much more complicated to crack.
- In theory, the longer the password, the more secure it is, regardless how obvious it is.
- Do not use real answers for the answer to your secret question. This was how Sarah Palin’s Yahoo e-mail account was hacked. There aren’t too many places for guessing where she met her husband.
- Do not click on links in e-mails which supposedly take you to one of your accounts. At a minimum, double check the address where the link is taking you. It’s much safer to simply open a new tab and manually type the address where you want to go.
- Be especially careful of public computers. At a minimum, remember to log off all the websites to which you connected during the session. Public computers could have key logging software which is keeping track of your keypresses.
- Google had introduced a way to log into your Google accounts by using your smart phone, so you don’t need to type in your password on public computers, by scanning a QR code. It seems like a good idea, but it is no longer supported. It did increase your exposure to risk though in case your smart phone is lost or stolen.
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