The difference is...
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| JaseP Oct 13, 2011 9:00 AM EDT |
The difference is that on a Linux system, hacking into it requires a conscious effort to attack that system. Plus, it's usually discovered quickly. On Windoze, it's likely to catch a case of malware in normal day-to-day operations. I'm glad they caught this intrusion quickly, & I'm glad I don't use Wine much (drink wine, yes,... run Wine on my systems, no...). |
| skelband Oct 13, 2011 12:33 PM EDT |
I use Wine a lot and I had the same password on there as my Amazon account. Not any more though. |
| techiem2 Oct 13, 2011 3:48 PM EDT |
And unlike other companies might do, they notified the users fairly quickly. Also, the title of this article really bugs me. A database compromise is NOT a "project fail", it's a hosting security fail. |
| moopst Oct 14, 2011 12:59 AM EDT |
All my passwords are different on different sites. I also generate them with mkpasswd on Slackware so they are pretty strong. However I don't change them often enough, there are too many for that. |
| Grishnakh Oct 14, 2011 12:50 PM EDT |
@moopst: What do you do when you want to visit these sites from different computers? For instance, I have a primary desktop PC, and also a work laptop. I normally use the desktop, but occasionally I'll use the laptop if I take a trip somewhere. |
| tracyanne Oct 14, 2011 5:23 PM EDT |
@Grishnakh, good memory. |
| fewt Oct 14, 2011 6:15 PM EDT |
@Grishnakh - dropbox in an encrypted container. |
| moopst Oct 14, 2011 6:24 PM EDT |
I have several of them in kwallet and some in a plain text file, but /home is on an encrypted partition. My work doesn't let me visit several sites so I just check the news. There are a couple financial sites where I keep the pw in my wallet on paper in case I need to get my money out of Europe before the banks crash. |
| jezuch Oct 15, 2011 4:58 AM EDT |
You see, that's why I dislike password managers, in browsers or otherwise. They don't allow me to remember my passwords. So I turn them on only for passwords *I* already remember, if at all. The only problem is with sites I visit once a year, or so, but, well, resetting your password once a year is a good practice anyway ;) |
| BernardSwiss Oct 15, 2011 5:15 PM EDT |
I don't usually need to remember my passwords -- I just remember how I created then. (Mind you, this may take a while. A couple of months ago I needed my email password, and it took me half the day to remember how I came up with it in the first place. But once I had a place to start, I recalled the actual password in less than 30 seconds.) |
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