How NOT to store your passwords

D_Hailsham · 23 Dec 2016

I visited the local branch of a national stationers the other day. On one shelf I saw this:

It's called a Password Keeper. The combination lock is a dummy; there's just an elastic band to keep it closed.

Doh!!

They also sell other products to do the same job. Makes you wonder what their own system security is like.

Ian H · 23 Dec 2016

Do they sell chocolate fire guards too?

Mikefromlondon · 23 Dec 2016

The rubber band is there just in case you forgot your combination key password.

Brigadier · 24 Dec 2016

A couple of years ago, a security guy was going on about passwords, and R5L, IIRC.

Having individual passwords was a main principle of good online security.
An electronic / virtual "password keeper" was recommended as a good solution to the problem of forgetting many different passwords.
Failing that though, he did advocate writing all of your passwords down, on the basis that online fraudsters are not the sort to physically burgle houses.......

woodbine · 24 Dec 2016

1990 said:
Do they sell chocolate fire guards too?

On the shelf next to the motorbike ashtrays.

Doggit · 24 Dec 2016

You should also keep a list of your online accounts and the passwords, alongside your will. Maybe that's what the password keepers really for, but they're being sensitive in not spelling it out.

durhamplumber · 26 Dec 2016

are you for real..did you expect it to be real.FFS.....its a toy.

Mikefromlondon · 26 Dec 2016

It is virtual reality. FFS you will have to drill a 1/4" hole and put a pad lock on it.

CylonRaider · 26 Dec 2016

Mikefromlondon said:
It is virtual reality. FFS you will have to drill a 1/4" hole and put a pad lock on it.

Imperial measurements ? Does anyone know what they were these days ?

Security by Obscurity !!

Mikefromlondon · 26 Dec 2016

Brexit = Inches + Imperialism + Pounds £££££££££££££££

EFLImpudence · 26 Dec 2016

You'll need one of THESE soon.

EFLImpudence · 26 Dec 2016

Oh, and ¼inch is still ¼inch.

Mikefromlondon · 26 Dec 2016

I still think my car gives more miles per gallon than it does with 1 liter of fuel, so i am sticking to gallons.
Here is a proof: 60 liters gives me about 350 overall miles on a full tank, but i get the same if I fill around 13 gallons. So obviously gallons are better and gives you more per unit.

EFLImpudence · 26 Dec 2016

Yes, but they cost a lot more.

Mikefromlondon · 26 Dec 2016

Aah! so i get it, there was a catch somewhere, I knew it, you can't get something for nothing. So that means if we leave EU, there is a catch.

How NOT to store your passwords

Doggit

durhamplumber

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