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> with the pending doom from hackers...and Post-It notes defeat the purpose of passwords I've always taken umbrage at those two lines of thought together. For
by ianterrell 15y ago
> with the pending doom from hackers...and Post-It notes defeat the purpose of passwords
I've always taken umbrage at those two lines of thought together. For the average person (you know, without dedicated enemies), a secure password written on a Post-It note on your monitor is a pretty safe scenario.
Or is Lulzsec peeking in everyone's windowz, too?
- JordyB 15y agoDoesn't having a secure password on a Post-It note make it insecure? There are plenty of people near me that would just love to look at my emails. But from a hacker point of view Lulzsec would not be able to view your Post-It note password (web-cams and mirrors aside).
- ianterrell 15y ago> Doesn't having a secure password on a Post-It note make it insecure? Technically. > There are plenty of people near me that would just love to look at my emails. I just don't think that's actually true for many people. My parents, for instance. Or people with home offices who don't leave the door open when they have crazy parties—or who put their passwords on a piece of paper stuffed in the middle of a book. The point is that writing your password down, for most people, is actually good advice.