CeeScraps
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Post by CeeScraps on Mar 29, 2018 22:33:03 GMT
It was just on the news. Change your passwords!
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jayfab
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Post by jayfab on Mar 29, 2018 22:38:30 GMT
Thanks!
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CeeScraps
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Post by CeeScraps on Mar 29, 2018 23:03:23 GMT
Sure thing!
They are not only concerned with the hacking and passwords, but a lot of people use the same passwords for other accounts. So....change your passwords.
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Post by busy on Mar 29, 2018 23:45:32 GMT
AND DON'T REUSE PASSWORDS BETWEEN SITES!!!!!!
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Post by Zee on Mar 30, 2018 0:01:43 GMT
AND DON'T REUSE PASSWORDS BETWEEN SITES!!!!!! I know that's a good idea, but there it's just no way that is feasible for me with the number of sites I have to use that have passwords that require numbers, letters, a capital letter, a special character, change it every few months, etc. I would never be able to remember them. |
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Post by busy on Mar 30, 2018 0:03:59 GMT
AND DON'T REUSE PASSWORDS BETWEEN SITES!!!!!! I know that's a good idea, but there it's just no way that is feasible for me with the number of sites I have to use that have passwords that require numbers, letters, a capital letter, a special character, change it every few months, etc. I would never be able to remember them. That's why everyone should use a reliable, secure password manager. I personally use 1Password, but there are other good options. The link gives good recommendations and explanations about why password managers are critical. |
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Post by Zee on Mar 30, 2018 0:13:54 GMT
I know that's a good idea, but there it's just no way that is feasible for me with the number of sites I have to use that have passwords that require numbers, letters, a capital letter, a special character, change it every few months, etc. I would never be able to remember them. That's why everyone should use a reliable, secure password manager. I personally use 1Password, but there are other good options. The link gives good recommendations and explanations about why password managers are critical. Is it a mobile thing I could have on my phone? How is that any more secure than these sites that get hacked? I do understand why it's important but I don't trust having a password manager on my phone. |
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Post by busy on Mar 30, 2018 0:21:28 GMT
That's why everyone should use a reliable, secure password manager. I personally use 1Password, but there are other good options. The link gives good recommendations and explanations about why password managers are critical. Is it a mobile thing I could have on my phone? How is that any more secure than these sites that get hacked? I do understand why it's important but I don't trust having a password manager on my phone. . This is for one in particular - the one I personally use - but the other leading password managers are similar in terms of security. I'm not a security and encryption expert but I work with people who are and every last one of them uses a password manager. It's far far far safer than trying to remember passwords, reusing them across sites, writing them down, using Notes or a spreadsheet or any of the other common things people mention here for keeping track of passwords. |
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theshyone
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Post by theshyone on Mar 30, 2018 8:49:19 GMT
Has the manager ever once not worked?
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 30, 2018 13:10:58 GMT
Has the manager ever once not worked? I've used one for about 4-5 years, and it has always worked. I can't remember anything, LOL. It's the only way I can keep my passwords straight and secure. I always have strong passwords. |
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Post by miss_lizzie on Mar 30, 2018 13:29:39 GMT
Has the manager ever once not worked? I've used one for about 4-5 years, and it has always worked. I can't remember anything, LOL. It's the only way I can keep my passwords straight and secure. I always have strong passwords. Can you have the app on your phone and not installed on your desktop? I would love to have all of my passwords with me, but I don’t use my desktop much. |
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Post by melissa on Mar 30, 2018 13:34:02 GMT
The good news for me is that I have been using the program long enough that my password was very old! It was much shorter than anything I used in the last few years. I did change it to something longer and more complicated.
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Post by Carey Pierce on Mar 30, 2018 14:17:01 GMT
It was just on the news. Change your passwords! I saw that! Already changed my password! |
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Post by bianca42 on Mar 30, 2018 15:02:42 GMT
I had my password hacked somewhere a few years ago and at that point I used the same password on multiple sites. I woke up to them getting into multiple shopping sites and changing the passwords on me. It was a nightmare to get straightened out. Since then, I'm militant about passwords being unique, long and complex. (Drives my kids nuts when they need the Netflix password...but they'll get over it.
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Post by monklady123 on Mar 30, 2018 15:08:26 GMT
I know that's a good idea, but there it's just no way that is feasible for me with the number of sites I have to use that have passwords that require numbers, letters, a capital letter, a special character, change it every few months, etc. I would never be able to remember them. That's why everyone should use a reliable, secure password manager. I personally use 1Password, but there are other good options. The link gives good recommendations and explanations about why password managers are critical. I just write all mine down in my planner. lol. I have a base word that I call "the usual" when I write it down. So I'll write "the usual plus 123" or "the usual with first letter capitalized"...etc. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2018 15:13:51 GMT
Received an email from MFP about the breach and changed passwords. Out of curiosity, how safe are password managers? Aren't their sites susceptible to breaches as well?
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MDscrapaholic
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Post by MDscrapaholic on Mar 30, 2018 15:50:29 GMT
I don't have a password for mine, I log in through Facebook. Is there anything I need to do? I don't see anywhere I can change a password.
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Post by Zee on Mar 30, 2018 15:52:32 GMT
I can't even find how to change the password. I guess you have to get on a computer to do that? How incredibly annoying. I just started using it again after two years and it gets hacked.
I noticed that my password is an old one that I don't use for any important accounts, so I think I'm safe in that regard.
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Post by luckyexwife on Mar 30, 2018 16:03:15 GMT
I can't even find how to change the password. I guess you have to get on a computer to do that? How incredibly annoying. I just started using it again after two years and it gets hacked. I noticed that my password is an old one that I don't use for any important accounts, so I think I'm safe in that regard. I did it on my phone, but you have to go on the actual site, not the app. |
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Post by hennybutton on Mar 30, 2018 16:04:24 GMT
I don't have a password for mine, I log in through Facebook. Is there anything I need to do? I don't see anywhere I can change a password. That's what I'm wondering. I got the email but I don't think I have ever set up a separate MAP account. |
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Post by valincal on Mar 30, 2018 16:09:03 GMT
I can't even find how to change the password. I guess you have to get on a computer to do that? How incredibly annoying. Me too. And I followed a link to their desktop version on my phone and it won’t let me change it there either. |
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Post by scraphollie27 on Mar 30, 2018 16:24:38 GMT
I just clicked forgot password from the log-in screen on the app and reset that way.
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Post by busy on Mar 30, 2018 16:50:50 GMT
Received an email from MFP about the breach and changed passwords. Out of curiosity, how safe are password managers? Aren't their sites susceptible to breaches as well? In theory, sure, their servers could be breached. However all of the decent password managers are end-to-end encrypted which means that any data that was accessed in a breach would be encrypted and could only be decrypted with the personal key of each user - which is tied to their physical devices and not stored anywhere online. As a result, the data would be useless. You can learn more about security and password managers at a link I shared earlier in the thread. |
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Post by busy on Mar 30, 2018 16:53:26 GMT
Has the manager ever once not worked? I’ve used 1Password many times a day since 2009 and no, it’s never not worked. |
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Post by gmcwife1 on Mar 30, 2018 20:53:09 GMT
I can't even find how to change the password. I guess you have to get on a computer to do that? How incredibly annoying. I just started using it again after two years and it gets hacked. I noticed that my password is an old one that I don't use for any important accounts, so I think I'm safe in that regard. I can’t even remember my password for MFP! |
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Post by Zee on Mar 30, 2018 21:07:24 GMT
I can't even find how to change the password. I guess you have to get on a computer to do that? How incredibly annoying. I just started using it again after two years and it gets hacked. I noticed that my password is an old one that I don't use for any important accounts, so I think I'm safe in that regard. I can’t even remember my password for MFP! I only remembered because the account is so old, I knew it must be one of two possibilities! |
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