Friday, May 7, 2021

World password day

 We have a friend of a friend who used the name of her dog, fluffy, for everything.  She is now paying the price for that, in that she can't use any device she owns.  She has a small business, and we shudder to think that there must be some money missing, as well.

Don't be a fluffy!  Use the Google Password Vault, and protect that with a big mixed password and 2-factor authentication.  That gives you some hope.  A super-villain could get through, but his time is like $10K an hour!  You merely must be better than the next guy.

I was involved with a hospital medical system, and I wanted internal encryption.  Naturally, that cost a buck more, and they were 'confident' that their system was secure.  I'm sure that all medical systems are breached, but there's no value in knowing that soandso has herpes.  Thus, the hackers probably protect those systems to stop other hackers, and use them to get into 'deep pockets'.

If you are with a company, I'm sure you think you know what you are doing, with complete confidence.  Otherwise, you couldn't have bluffed your way to that position, and everybody above you lacks any brains. :)  Have fun!


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