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    • The All-Too-Common Scenario
    • Anatomy of A Hack
    • It Doesn’T Have to Be A Hack
    • Password Skeet Shooting
    • The Weakest Link
    • It Shouldn’T Be This Way
    • Managing Lots of Passwords
    • The Very Short Bottom Line

    The scenario I’m about to describe is verycommon. While the specifics won’t apply to you exactly, it will conceptually illustrate what can happen. Let’s say you have an account at some online service, Service A. In addition, you have a Yahoo! account, because you used it years ago; a Google account, because you now use Gmail and a number of other G...

    Service A has the best of intentions, but honestly, they don’t “get” security. Of all the accounts you use, they’re the worst when it comes to security. Perhaps they store passwords in their database in plain text, allowing anyone with access to see them. They do that because it’s easy, , fast, and solves their problem quickly. They assume the data...

    It’s important to understand that while this example centers around what we hear about in the news most often — the hackof an online service and theft of their user database — it’s certainly not limited to that. Essentially, anything that could compromise your password at service A brings you to this point. That includes: 1. Sharing it with the wro...

    They have your email address and a password you use, stolen from Service A. Now the hackers go hunting. As most people have accounts on one or more of the major services I mentioned, the hackers start trying the information from Service A as if it were the correct information for Gmail, Microsoft, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, and more. They t...

    Note this has absolutely nothing to do with the security expertise of the sites where your account is eventually compromised. Gmail, Outlook.com, Yahoo, and others have excellent security, but that fact doesn’t factor into this scenario at all. Service A was the weak link. Theirsecurity wasn’t up to the task. Their database was breached. Their info...

    I’ll happily admit things like this shouldn’t happen. But they do. And most services are better at security than our fictional Service A. But it’s also not a black-or-white equation. Even large corporations, which either don’t know any better or simply make a mistake, can put your information at risk. For example, a hack at Adobe a couple of years ...

    So it comes down to how to manage a lot of different, long, and complex passwords. I still recommend using a password manager. Doesn’t that put all my eggs in one basket? Yes, it does, but it’s a very good basket. And I’ve taken additional steps to ensure that it stays that way. I’ll highlight two important reasons I consider good password managers...

    My recommendation remains: 1. Use long, strong passwords. Twelve characters minimally, ideally more, and randomly generated (there are several random-generator tools available, including one in most password managers). Alternately, and if allowed, use a passphraseat least four words long, ideally with spaces. 2. Use a different password for every l...

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