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Might be the password to login to the computer itself.
by 11011111 3y ago
Might be the password to login to the computer itself.
- wredue 3y agoYes. It’s my gaming machine log on. It’s just easier to know this password than to always have to find it. I do not trust corporations, so I generally do not do things like biometrics and stuff. I don’t completely understand how pins are more secure than my complex password either. That could be ignorance.
- cuu508 3y agoDo you need a password on your gaming machine? What is your threat model?
- bob-09 3y agoEven if there’s nothing on the machine itself you care about, don’t forget about everything else it can talk to on your local network.
- cuu508 3y agoSo the scenario is: somebody breaks into the house, sits down at the gaming PC, and is able to poke around the local network because the gaming PC has no login password?
- bob-09 3y agoI wouldn't say it's THE scenario, but it's A scenario. There's a reason IEEE says it's best practice to give IoT devices a strong username and password and to segment them away from the rest of your network, right?
- InitialLastName 3y agoWorth noting that Microsoft lets you set up single-machine passwords (they call it a PIN) that you can use to access a user account on a machine without having the password for the associated MS account. That way you can have a secure (and changeable) MS account, but the single-machine PIN can be something you don't need to copy/paste.