Comments on: Warning! Please Don’t Do This.

By: Marketing Strategies

Marketing Strategies — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:45:41 +0000

Having your passwords on a website server is very dangerous. Assume there is no security on the Internet.

KeePass is a free downloadable program (open source) where the passwords are kept secure on your local computer. You are also able to use a flash drive making it portable and backed up.

By: d and g concepts

d and g concepts — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:51:40 +0000

I use LastPass.com for my passwords. I have Google Business account to protect my password. One needs to lock domains, GoDaddy offers some security.

By: cheap atv

cheap atv — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:59:32 +0000

Thank you so much for the reminder. When I started in the IM world Dr. Jeanette Cates introduced me to RoboForm. It is a great tool to use.

By: Gary Anderson II

Gary Anderson II — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 06:03:41 +0000

In reply to Melissa Ingold.

Hi Melissa.
YUP! I have experienced the Google acct problem before. The all-mighty, all knowing, smarter than anything Big-G couldn’t help me. So, still to this day I have no access the that account.

But Hey, they found a solution…. Now, they want your mobile phone # to create an acct. I do that, but I don’t like it too well.

I guess that’s just one of those things in life that you have to understand and accept the risk, but then keep on keeping on. 😛

Gary.

By: Nina

Nina — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:13:34 +0000

Great article. I use LastPass.com for my passwords. I have Google Business account to protect my password. One needs to lock domains, GoDaddy offers some security.

I have been online since 1994 and have never had any issues.

By: Marketing Strategies

Marketing Strategies — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:07:18 +0000

Thanks, Nicole. My wife has been hammering me also about this, so I need to go change some passwords and usernames. I use a program called StickyPassword. There is also an equivalent free one called KeePass.

By: Cliff

Cliff — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:44:05 +0000

Nicole – such an important post!

I’ve been using Roboform for a couple of years now, and can’t imagine doing without it. I especially like having to memorize only “one” very strong password to access my Roboform password library. Over time we end up with literally hundreds of different passwords, and there’s no way to remember them all – thats where the lazy part creeps in.

Great tip – thanks again,

Cliff

By: Jeff Wise

Jeff Wise — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:19:49 +0000

Thank you for this very timely post! I’m getting to the point where I have way too many passwords and usernames to keep track of.

Even making secure pw’s and usernames writing them down is a hassle.

By: DeAnna Troupe

DeAnna Troupe — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:06:25 +0000

I guess I have some work to do. I was using an online service called passwordsafe to manage my passwords and then I got lazy and just started using the same password everywhere. This post is kind of a wake up call for me.

By: Melissa Ingold

Melissa Ingold — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:57:04 +0000

This is such an important topic. But even if you use a unique password for everything, you can still be hacked. All it takes is for them to get access your email account, like gmail, and use it to have a password reminder sent to that email address, then all they have to do is reset the password and login.

The dumb thing about gmail is you get locked out of your account, but then you do the password reset and it wants to send the email to your gmail account – uh, how do they expect you to get the password reset email when you can’t login in the first place?

I think the big companies need to step up their game when it comes to that simple “password reset” option, and provide other alternatives – like you have to call in from the phone number listed on your account or by using the IP address it captured when you signed up for your account. So if someone hacked into your email account and changed your password and security question, you would still have other ways to get back into your account. I know gmail has the 2 step verification, but most people haven’t bothered to turn that on, and that’s a big mistake.

Anyway, I just wanted to point out that it doesn’t always matter if you use a different password for everything online – sometimes you have to be very careful with your email address too because they can just reset the passwords for everything by having access to your email account.