Eye scanners have always been one of the security devices people think of when they think “high-tech” and “high security.” But they’re not perfect yet, some can be fooled with contacts or even pictures, but new pushes into detecting your personal eye jiggle could change that. More »
Dan Piraro, the creator of Bizarro Comics, pretty much nails it on the head when it comes to choosing a name for your dog or cat these days. Because you’re not just naming your companion, you’re also choosing a security question or even a password that you hope will thwart would-be hackers. So maybe R0v3r, 5p0t, or even Old Y3773r might be better alternatives. [Bizarro Blog via Laughing Squid] More »
Each week Joshua Fruhlinger contributes This is the Modem World, a column dedicated to exploring the culture of consumer technology.
I get it: The Internet is a dangerous place. People want my stuff. There are bad people out there, yadda yadda yadda.
But the password requirements and security verification processes in place are Kafkaesque, mind-bending, and straight-up annoying.
Every time I need to access my online mortgage account, I am forced to reset my password because, without fail, I enter the wrong one three times. I couldn’t tell you what my Apple ID is because it has an even itchier verification trigger finger, especially when you have more than one device accessing the same account. Get it wrong on one, and all your devices are borked.
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This is the Modem World: I hate passwords originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We already know people are really bad at picking passwords, but they’re also god awful at choosing obvious, crackable credit card PINs. In fact, the most common four-digit code is not-so shockingly, 1-2-3-4. Come on, people. More »
We could all use a good self-audit on our passwords—bank accounts, credit cards, e-mails, social networks—but is it better to just let a password manager handle all of our passwords instead? Or should we still cook up a different password for each account on our own? What do you guys do? More »
Not too long ago, Dropbox was the victim of a security breach, and as a result, they said they’d cook up a 2-step verification system for the service. Now it’s here, and you should go turn if on if you keep anything of value in your Dropbox, or even if you don’t. More »
LinkedIn, eHarmony, Yahoo—it seems like we hear about a new hack just about every week now. We all know the password rules—don’t use your mom’s maiden name, don’t use your pets name, use numbers and random letters. But despite those guidelines, we could be more screwed than we even thought. Ars Technica has a good look at why it’s so bad. More »
Dirty pictures, dirty texts, top secret work info, contact information for who knows who—our phones are like little vaults containing all our most super top secret important info. And yet… More »
According to a recent Blizzard security update, now might be a good time cook up a new password. Blizzard’s security team found that its internal network has been illegally accessed, and answers to personal security questions, authenticator data and cryptographically scrambled Battle.net passwords have found their way into the perpetrator’s hands. The team is confident, however, that the compromised data isn’t enough to give the attacker access to user accounts, and says that there is no evidence to suggest financial data (credit cards, billing addresses and customer names) were accessed. Blizzard President Mike Morhaine recommends that users update their passwords all the same, and we couldn’t agree more. Check out his official statement at the source link below and get that Diablo III account locked down.
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Blizzard suffers security breach, encrypted passwords and authenticator data compromised originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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