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Lamplighter · 04-14-2015, 01:46 PM

Yes, I went thru that a year or so ago sort of thing, and it is a pain.

But the state-of-the-art people who are involved with passwords are clear.
... an 8 or 10 character password just doesn't cut it anymore.
And even some big banks are behind times in their sign-on setups

Also, most people cannot create a password that the hackers can't figure out whenever they want.
It takes a minimum of 12 - 14 random characters to be
non-hackable with the speeds of today's hackers' computers.

But that is almost impossible and very inconvenient for the human brain.
Thus, "password managers" are becoming the convenient and secure way to go.

I changed over to a password manager that has an excellent reputation,
is cross-platform, automatically updates between all of your home, work, and cellphone
computers, ipads, etc. and is versatile, e.g., making cell-phone (digital) payments.
Everything is stored as encrypted data, on your own equipment, not the cloud or theirs.

Google "1P" or send me a PM if you'd like to know more about my experience with it.

04-14-2015, 01:46 PM	#38
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Yes, I went thru that a year or so ago sort of thing, and it is a pain. But the state-of-the-art people who are involved with passwords are clear. ... an 8 or 10 character password just doesn't cut it anymore. And even some big banks are behind times in their sign-on setups Also, most people cannot create a password that the hackers can't figure out whenever they want. It takes a minimum of 12 - 14 random characters to be non-hackable with the speeds of today's hackers' computers. But that is almost impossible and very inconvenient for the human brain. Thus, "password managers" are becoming the convenient and secure way to go. I changed over to a password manager that has an excellent reputation, is cross-platform, automatically updates between all of your home, work, and cellphone computers, ipads, etc. and is versatile, e.g., making cell-phone (digital) payments. Everything is stored as encrypted data, on your own equipment, not the cloud or theirs. Google "1P" or send me a PM if you'd like to know more about my experience with it.