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Employees using the same passwords on Facebook that they use in the workplace bring the possibility of compromising enterprise systems with insecure passwords
by roundsquare 17y ago
Employees using the same passwords on Facebook that they use in the workplace bring the possibility of compromising enterprise systems with insecure passwords
I think we're approaching this the wrong way. Expecting people to have a large number of passwords is unrealistic, especially if they have accounts they don't log into frequently (e.g. bank accounts).
I'm not sure what the right solution is, but constantly telling users to have different passwords isn't going to work. We need another way to identify people online.
- levesque 17y agoI use at least 10 different passwords on a weekly basis, it ain't that hard... For passwords I use less often I've written them on a piece of paper somewhere in my house, which I feel is pretty safe.
- RyanMcGreal 17y agoI try to encourage people to have at a minimum a strong password for applications that need security (like online banking) and a second throwaway password for garden variety site registration.
- jaaron 17y agoOne way to marginally improve the common password strength is to at least add the name or the URL of site to it. So if the password is 123456 then the hackernews password might be 123456news.ycombinator.com.