FW: Are passwords obsolete ?

[William Fenn]

Sidney Freeman, Physiatrist on MASH, summed it up perfectly when he said;

 

“Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice - pull down your pants and slide on the ice.”

 

N4TS

 

From: tacos-bounces+wfenn4=verizon.net at amrad.org [mailto:tacos-bounces+wfenn4=verizon.net at amrad.org] On Behalf Of Andre Kesteloot
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2014 10:43 AM
To: Louis Mamakos
Cc: Tacos; Robert E Seastrom
Subject: Re: Are passwords obsolete ?

 

so, Gentlemen of Erudition, what are your recommendations ?


73

André N4ICK

 

On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 7:26 PM, Louis Mamakos <louie at transsys.com <mailto:louie at transsys.com> > wrote:


On Aug 29, 2014, at 7:01 PM, Rob Seastrom <rs at seastrom.com <mailto:rs at seastrom.com> > wrote:

> You, the end user, of course have no control over the clue factor at
> the various online services you may use, and you also don't know what
> kind of baddies might work for that company to do some kind of inside
> job, so re-using passwords across multiple services ought to be on
> your "do not want" list.

And when you set or change your password at some web site, and they
then send you a confirmation email WITH YOUR PASSWORD IN THE CLEAR, you
can pretty much be sure the clue factor is non-existent.   Feh.

louie
wa3ymh

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