How the hell are people having their accounts compromised??

[appleonama]

2 step verification
phone verification
email verification
password manager to have completely different passwords

Despite all of these people are still retarded enough to have their accounts compromised. They are stupid enough use the same password for every single website. For Christ sake its 2016 and people still are getting their account compromised. rant over

[phosphoric]

password managers are bulky, as are all 2-step verification processes. it's just a pain in the ass

[Belfong]

80% of the users are not IT literate.

[Coreda]

password managers are bulky, as are all 2-step verification processes. it's just a pain in the ass

I'm interested to see if SQRL will see adoption, since it solves a lot of the issues with simplicity, authentication and management.

Not even LastPass is 100% reliable for even saving registrations. For every registration it detects another it won't, or it fails to fill in the login fields (as it's been doing for GMail for several months now).

Despite this it's still better than a manager-less alternate.

[SBJ]

password managers are bulky, as are all 2-step verification processes. it's just a pain in the ass

Meh password managers are awesome. I'm using Keepass2 right now and it's totally amazeballs.
Just make sure to properly copy your database to several places and sync 'em.

[phosphoric]

password managers are bulky, as are all 2-step verification processes. it's just a pain in the ass

Meh password managers are awesome. I'm using Keepass2 right now and it's totally amazeballs.
Just make sure to properly copy your database to several places and sync 'em.

they're awesome until you have to move to an unfamiliar device or have to log into something on mobile; i would prefer not having to login twice (to two separate services) if i can avoid it

[SBJ]

password managers are bulky, as are all 2-step verification processes. it's just a pain in the ass

Meh password managers are awesome. I'm using Keepass2 right now and it's totally amazeballs.
Just make sure to properly copy your database to several places and sync 'em.

they're awesome until you have to move to an unfamiliar device or have to log into something on mobile; i would prefer not having to login twice (to two separate services) if i can avoid it

Keepass has a mobile app and it's pretty easy to use. And you only really have to type any one password. Just the one to login to keepass, then you can copy/paste the rest from the app/program.
It's cool if that's your preference.
But I personally find them awesome.

[phosphoric]

password managers are bulky, as are all 2-step verification processes. it's just a pain in the ass

Meh password managers are awesome. I'm using Keepass2 right now and it's totally amazeballs.
Just make sure to properly copy your database to several places and sync 'em.

they're awesome until you have to move to an unfamiliar device or have to log into something on mobile; i would prefer not having to login twice (to two separate services) if i can avoid it

Keepass has a mobile app and it's pretty easy to use. And you only really have to type any one password. Just the one to login to keepass, then you can copy/paste the rest from the app/program.
It's cool if that's your preference.
But I personally find them awesome.

yeah, that's my point lol. i just find it super annoying to go to a different app, log in, and then go back to the original app to log in, but that's just me

[Air tree]

I'm trying out dashlane at the moment. It's pretty noice. Just using the free version, though.

[Belfong]

yeah, that's my point lol. i just find it super annoying to go to a different app, log in, and then go back to the original app to log in, but that's just me

Perhaps LastPass might be the one you'd like to try. It will auto fill up the username/password field for you.

[rm-rf]

if you cant remember more than ten.. 16 character hexadecimal strings... you shouldn't have a computer.

[chuckdee]

yeah, that's my point lol. i just find it super annoying to go to a different app, log in, and then go back to the original app to log in, but that's just me

Perhaps LastPass might be the one you'd like to try. It will auto fill up the username/password field for you.

Not all the time.  Which is I think his point.

[phosphoric]

yeah, that's my point lol. i just find it super annoying to go to a different app, log in, and then go back to the original app to log in, but that's just me

Perhaps LastPass might be the one you'd like to try. It will auto fill up the username/password field for you.

Not all the time.  Which is I think his point.

i use lastpass on both of my personal computers, and it's immensely useful, but i've never bothered with the mobile app because of the switching in between apps - it's just a huge wrench in my flow

[FrostyToast]

I want two-step authentication that detects if my phone is in proximity to me.
If I don't have my phone on me then that would suck, but it would be easy to have a secondary form of authentication to fall back on in the event that I don't have anything on me.

[exitfire401]

password managers are bulky, as are all 2-step verification processes. it's just a pain in the ass

Can confirm.
Am IT literate
Am Lazy.
Don't use 2 factor auth for anything other than battle.net and steam.
Work makes us use 4 factor authentication, which I totally understand, but it's just not something I'm going to add into my everyday life. Sure, account retrieval is annoying if something IS compromised, however, I've never had a problem getting **** back.

[nmur]

i use 2-step verification for everything i can. email, bank, bnet, steam etc, and 8 digit pin on my phone

if someone was able access my email, they could do a lot of scary things to my life

that alone makes it worth the inconvenience

[tp4tissue]

I'm p00r...  it's the best deterrent....

[Belfong]

With Mobile App, I'd go with Touch ID for the two factor authentication, so I just needed to enter the password once. And many apps are starting to support Touch ID.

[Belfong]

I'm p00r...  it's the best deterrent....

But your identity is priceless. Imagine masquerading as you and trolling the Internet .. wait, um...

[FrostyToast]

I'm p00r...  it's the best deterrent....

But your identity is priceless. Imagine masquerading as you and trolling the Internet .. wait, um...

We'll know when he gets hacked once his posts increase in quality.

[chuckdee]

With Mobile App, I'd go with Touch ID for the two factor authentication, so I just needed to enter the password once. And many apps are starting to support Touch ID.

Interesting point in that regard.  You can't be compelled by any agency to put in your password (at least by legal means).  Touch ID is not similarly protected.

[tp4tissue]

With Mobile App, I'd go with Touch ID for the two factor authentication, so I just needed to enter the password once. And many apps are starting to support Touch ID.

Interesting point in that regard.  You can't be compelled by any agency to put in your password (at least by legal means).  Touch ID is not similarly protected.

Nothing is unhackable.. just make sure to have backups..  print out statements, and photograph yourself at your bank machine once in a while..

[demik]

All of apple's passwords are ilovedemik

[SBJ]

i use 2-step verification for everything i can. email, bank, bnet, steam etc, and 8 digit pin on my phone

if someone was able access my email, they could do a lot of scary things to my life

that alone makes it worth the inconvenience

I agree.
For me at least it is completely worth it because I have my own domain with my mail attached and have about 10 years worth of emails on it.

[appleonama]

if you cant remember more than ten.. 16 character hexadecimal strings... you shouldn't have a computer.

:^)


Can you ?

[appleonama]

i use 2-step verification for everything i can. email, bank, bnet, steam etc, and 8 digit pin on my phone

if someone was able access my email, they could do a lot of scary things to my life

that alone makes it worth the inconvenience

Exactly

People undermine the damage someone can do if they ever access your email. I myself experienced this first hand but I was the one doing the damage. This was in the past I was young and dumb I would never do something ****ty like that again.

The inconvenience is always worth it to maintain your accounts safe