Posted on 06/24/2015 10:04:44 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey
There's a certain kind of aggressive moronity that transcends mere stupidity and becomes criminal.
46 of them were just “password”
Yes, there is. Companies, and individual people, do it every day.
But as usual, the government is incompetent. Password-only authentication is inadequate, and superior security has been available for decades.
My clients and my company require a VPN connection to get beyond the firewall, and setting up a VPN connection requires both a traditional password (which I must remember) and a pseudo-random password that changes every 20 seconds, and can only be used once.
I have the same technology (commonly called "two-factor authentication") for my Apple, Google, and Microsoft accounts. An app on my phone generates the pseudo-random part.
Even my bank requires two-factor authentication, by sending me a pseudo-random code in a text message, before I can login.
46 of them were just password —
I’m not sure how, just yet, but I AM sure that is ‘rassis’.
This is exactly why I stated in an earlier thread (about the Chinese hackers) that our government/media is trying to blame the Chinese for gaining access to Federal Personnel Databases when the truth is that no hacking was even needed to gain access.
Well, in a way, I did use the letters E, D & R.
We are no longer allowed to use any words with the letters C, J, D, R, E, L in them.
Confederate starts with the letter C
J, D banned because of Jefferson Davis
R, E, L for Robt E Lee.
Agree. Most, if not all, were likely put out there on purpose.
“Oh look over THERE ..... a Confederate flag!”
Is it deflated?
Yes, I can’t believe how stupid putting our ‘PRIVATE’ info on computers/internet, all in the name of ‘helping you as fast as possible.’
Plus they print out more paper than ever.
Heaven help us from the idiots/enemies!
how they can continue week after week month after month Year After YEAR with this sort of MESS
That I don’t doubt...sadly!
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