r/mildlyinfuriating • u/King_Baboon • Mar 08 '16

Overdone Fuck it, hackers win.

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u/sameth1 sampletext Mar 08 '16 edited Mar 09 '16

It's like they want you to write it down somewhere.

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u/ajc1239 Mar 08 '16

Do you wan't sticky notes with passwords on the monitor? Because that's how you get sticky notes with passwords on the monitor.

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u/Fonethree Mar 08 '16

Yes, yes we do, because a secure password written on a sticky note is 1,000% better than "password" not on a sticky note.

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u/TwoScoopsofDestroyer Mar 08 '16

This: for every attempt on physical breech in security there are tens or hundreds of thousands of digital attacks.

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u/morpheousmarty Mar 08 '16

Yes, but 100% the attackers with a hard copy of the password, don't need to guess the password.

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u/matmatpenguin YOU ALL SUCK Mar 09 '16

Still, they have to get it first.

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u/Razor512 Mar 09 '16

Office with large windows and a habit of sticky notes with the password stuck to the monitor = a 24 hour rental of a 50 megapixel DSLR and a 800mm lens with 2x teleconverter.

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u/matmatpenguin YOU ALL SUCK Mar 10 '16

Still, it's not the most reliable and likely not used extremely commonly. Then again, I wouldn't know the smallest thing about crime like that.

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u/Knaprig Mar 09 '16

Practically no hacker would go through the trouble to break into your house if you're just a regular old user just in case you have it written down.

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u/aykcak Mar 09 '16

I don't know why people always imagine a physical intrusion as something that doesnt happen: "Oh the hackers won't come to your house". No they won't, but industrial espionage is still a thing. Unless you can somehow verify every "Janitor" in your office, writing down passwords next to your computer is a serious risk

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u/thilardiel Mar 09 '16

I don't get how people don't know this shit is often internal.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '16

Oh, a few still do.

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u/TokyoJokeyo Mar 08 '16

True! But it's even better if the sticky note is an entry in an encrypted database that's protected by a password you actually do take the time to remember.

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u/Imaluk Mar 09 '16

While I totally agree with you that a good password on a sticky is much better then a bad password. Those rules really don´t really do that much compaired to the inconvience for the user. Really only need 1 rule...

Your password must be atleast 12 characters long

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '16

nonsense. a password written on a note is not secure no matter how complex it is.

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u/Fonethree Mar 09 '16

Not secure from what? Burglars? Correct. Friends? Correct. But from actual internet-based attacks? Sure it is.