This has been all over the news today. Yahoo pulled a *huge* stupid.
https://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=13234
This has been all over the news today. Yahoo pulled a *huge* stupid.
https://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=13234
Thankfully I do not have a Yahoo email address that I use, but this will be annoying for an awfully lot of people!
I've Been Frosted
Marvelous, just great. Thanks for the heads up.
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I have one but I rarely use it and I usually forget to even check e-mails. My dad has one though and it's his main e-mail address. He's out of town now so I should probably e-mail him about this.
Here is an easy place to check:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/...as-hacked.html
I PBS!
Thanks for the heads-up. I checked, and mine wasn't on the list, but I think I'll change my password anyway.
Ask your vet about microchipping. ~ It could have saved Kuhio's life.
I have several email addresses, but none were listed. I use long, non-standard passwords, easy for me to remember but not easy to guess.
A little bit of math for you. 8 character password takes about two hours to a day to crack. A 12 character (including numeric and other characters) password takes considerably longer. The claims vary but range from a least a year to 44000 years. I know, sounds strange. But why not go for the long passwords. And try not to use whole words.
Mine are overdue for a change or modification anyway.
Here is a link to check possible passwords. I did not enter my passwords but made up passwords of similar style. The results were interesting.
I entered an acronym that was 14 characters long. It would take 35 centuries to crack!
Test your password.
Anne
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Former kitties now in foster care: Nellie aka Eleanor van Fluffytail (at a Cat Cafe), Lady Jane Grey, Bob the Bobtail, and Callie. Kimi has been adopted into another family that understands Siamese. HRH Oliver Woodrow von Katz is in a Sanctuary.
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To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.
Ecclesiastes 3:1The clock of life is wound but once and no man has the power
To know just when the hands will stop - on what day, or what hour.
Now is the only time you have, so live it with a will -
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What's interesting is how clever it is. If I used the word "first' and replaced it with "f1rst", it doesn't really slow it down much. Use an acronym like kp.co_fgs1 with a few non-alphanumeric characters and it takes decades to decipher. Of course, if I were a scientist, I wouldn't use that one anyway.
Anne
Meowmie to Lucy Lou and Barney, and Aunt to Timmy (RIP)
Former kitties now in foster care: Nellie aka Eleanor van Fluffytail (at a Cat Cafe), Lady Jane Grey, Bob the Bobtail, and Callie. Kimi has been adopted into another family that understands Siamese. HRH Oliver Woodrow von Katz is in a Sanctuary.
I'm Homeless, but with resources, and learning to live again.
RIP Timmy (nephew kitty) May 17, 2018, Mr. Spunky (May 10, 2017), Samwise (Dec 2, 2014), Emily (Oct 8, 2013), Rose (Sept 24, 2001), Maggie (Fall 2003)
Mine are pathetic.....
"Do or do not. There is no try." -- Yoda
I guess I need to change my passwords because it says that they're too easy to crack.
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