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patrickl:

--- Quote from: shmokes on September 19, 2008, 09:50:31 am ---I'm afraid your "worst" case scenario, Patrick, is FAR closer to a best case scenario.

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Lol, you must be really unlucky then. I have to admit I wisened up from the first time they indicated you should use save passwords (decades ago actually). So I only have two main passwords. The old one is a lot easier to type in though, so when I can (allowed and non-important password) I still use it today.

Anyway, to solve the problem I use Norton Identity Safe. I'm not a big fan of Norton anti virus stuff, but I got it for free with my notebook. I have to say it works fine. Identity safe is a great. It keeps a list of sites (like a favorites thing) and stores the passwords and logins for them. Go to the site and it automatically fills in the form. Or click on one of the favorites in the list and go to the login form right away. It will ask once for a password when you start your browser (or you can set it to ask more often). Either way you need only one password and the rest is all done automatically.

RayB:
Requiring use of symbols is pretty ridiculous. Most properly programmed web sites and applications should refuse to accept any symbols, and strip them out of all text entry fields to prevent what's called "SQL injections". Seems quite stupid to allow ? < > & etc which are all reserved characters in PHP, HTML, and even file OS's

punxrus:
I just don't think there is going to be a simple solution to any of this. Internet security is a forever changing animal and we will only have to adapt. You can choose to make life simpler and use a product to assist you, therefore, you only having to remember one password, but that's not the safest either. There is no sure way to secure your passwords other than your own memory...and lets face it...I have a hard enough time remembering my wife's birthday.

Samstag:

--- Quote from: RayB on September 19, 2008, 12:56:53 pm ---Requiring use of symbols is pretty ridiculous. Most properly programmed web sites and applications should refuse to accept any symbols, and strip them out of all text entry fields to prevent what's called "SQL injections". Seems quite stupid to allow ? < > & etc which are all reserved characters in PHP, HTML, and even file OS's


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Any system that stores the password text you entered in a database deserves to be "injected".

shmokes:

--- Quote from: punxrus on September 19, 2008, 01:14:57 pm ---I have a hard enough time remembering my wife's birthday.

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I don't see how that is even comparable.  Here we're talking about remembering important things and you go and throw that in the mix . . .

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