Passwords

Post by **Leisher** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 4:41 pm

I'm getting pretty fed up with the constant demand for longer and more insane passwords.

This is especially maddening when games and free accounts for shit like email or iTunes require it.

Post by **GORDON** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 4:56 pm

I've evolved my standard pwords to incorporate a capital in the beginning and a number at the end. There's no way I could remember a unique pword for every site that uses them.

Post by **TheCatt** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 5:04 pm

I use one or two passwords for all sites I dont give a damn about.

Then I use unique passwords for all important sites (email, financial, etc). I track them in a place.

I've thought about using 1Password or LastPass, but don't.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 7:30 pm

Leisher wrote:I'm getting pretty fed up with the constant demand for longer and more insane passwords.

This is especially maddening when games and free accounts for shit like email or iTunes require it.

Text passwords are fucking stupid and have been since the advent of VGA graphics.

1) Passwords should be something easy to remember so you don't have to write it down anywhere or need a password manager. Fail.

2) Machines can operate on text way better than people. Again, fail.

Work has gotten to be bastards about it. The length, content, and history rules are proof that whoever is approving the rules has no idea what security is. They confuse it with lack of usability.

There are numerous visual user verification techniques which have been shown to be thousands of times: (i) harder to crack and (ii) easier to remember than the best, practical text password system.

Post by **TPRJones** » Sat Jan 31, 2015 10:35 pm

I use SuperGenPass. Every site gets a unique strong password and I don't have to know any of them.

Post by **TheCatt** » Fri Dec 23, 2022 1:02 pm

Post by **Leisher** » Fri Dec 23, 2022 4:16 pm

Malcolm had wisdom on this issue. Text passwords are old school and need to go the way of the dodo. Facial recognition should be standard at this point, with MFA if necessary, and add on a timer of sorts that tracks the time and pings for the response to the facial recognition, which should help eliminate scams...?

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Dec 23, 2022 4:25 pm

I've been very left out of fingerprint biometrics, as I don't have any.

And I've heard face recognition doesn't work very well.

Post by **Leisher** » Fri Dec 23, 2022 8:01 pm

Solving this long term is a billion dollar idea.

Post by **TheCatt** » Fri Dec 23, 2022 8:03 pm

Leisher wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 4:16 pm Malcolm had wisdom on this issue. Text passwords are old school and need to go the way of the dodo. Facial recognition should be standard at this point, with MFA if necessary, and add on a timer of sorts that tracks the time and pings for the response to the facial recognition, which should help eliminate scams...?

Windows 11 uses facial recognition (as do iPhones, and some Android phones). It's pretty nice to login to my laptop with just my face. Then, some apps even use it to login from Windows 11 on websites.

Post by **Leisher** » Fri Dec 23, 2022 8:06 pm

TheCatt wrote: ↑Fri Dec 23, 2022 8:03 pm Windows 11 uses facial recognition (as do iPhones, and some Android phones). It's pretty nice to login to my laptop with just my face. Then, some apps even use it to login from Windows 11 on websites.

This is an example of how families operate. I KNEW THIS because I have a laptop running W11, but I haven't seen it in so long thanks to my wife and kids that I forgot.