[ExI] experiment: decreased investment in individual memes...

William Flynn Wallace foozler83 at gmail.com
Wed Mar 30 16:50:01 UTC 2016


On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 11:12 AM, Dave Sill <sparge at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Anders Sandberg <anders at aleph.se> wrote:
>
>>
>> When Bruce Schneier advises the use of password managers, one should
>> probably at least consider them. Basically, the problem is more password
>> re-use than central points of failure.
>>
>> But important passwords should of course be made using Diceware
>> passphrases that are never written down or reused:
>> http://world.std.com/~reinhold/diceware.html
>>
>
> +1 to both. My Lastpass passphrase is Diceware.
>
> Also:
>
>   - don't let browsers remember your passwords
>   - don't use the same password on more than one site
>   - use 2-factor authentication whenever you can
>   - periodically print your password list and store it in a safe place
>   - make up fake answers to verification questions and record them, e.g.,
> in your password manager
>   - understand that even if you do everything right, shit happens like
> vulnerabilities/hacks/social engineering, so perfect security isn't
> achievable
>
> -Dave
>

​I heard of this guy who has solved his memory for password problem:  He
enters something, anything, and the program tells him that his password is
incorrect.  And that *is *his password:  incorrect.

bill w​


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