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To: sodpoodle

Perhaps I really am getting old and cranky but computer “security” is really out of hand.

I’ve got about a thousand passwords, they all need to follow different rules, they all expire and need to be replaced. Tech support never helps worth a damn. And I most emphatically DON’T feel that these systems are at all secure. The passwords don’t really help me. They just make my life difficult.

We should have ID cards that can be slotted into machines, retinal scans, and 4-digit PIN numbers that never change. One method of access for everything. Including voting machines.


4 posted on 08/30/2018 4:52:37 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The MSM is in the business of creating a fake version of reality for political reasons.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

****We should have ID cards that can be slotted into machines, retinal scans, and 4-digit PIN numbers that never change*****

They are called ‘DEBIT CARDS’!!!!! Lol!


6 posted on 08/30/2018 5:07:58 AM PDT by sodpoodle
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To: ClearCase_guy

“We should have ID cards that can be slotted into machines, retinal scans, and 4-digit PIN numbers that never change. One method of access for everything. Including voting machines.”

Nowadays they can just implant an RF ID chip under your skin and...oh, wait...


9 posted on 08/30/2018 5:48:58 AM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: ClearCase_guy
What gets me is when I call some company to make a payment on a debt and I get someone who asks me about a dozen questions to verify I am who I say I am.

After I prove who I am I invariably say to them, just for future reference, IF ANYONE CALLS you wanting to pay money on my debt, don't ask who they are, just accept the money. Dolts.

13 posted on 08/30/2018 6:49:52 AM PDT by Dad was my hero
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To: ClearCase_guy

Tech support never helps worth a damn.


Have you heard of “forgot password” link on any website where you are trying to sign in ? All you really need to remember is 1 password, your email password. With that link, you can have an email sent to you so you can reset the password.


16 posted on 08/30/2018 10:02:32 AM PDT by AlexisHeavyMetal1981 (Z)
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To: ClearCase_guy

#4 This is why you need to have a chip implanted....


19 posted on 08/30/2018 10:32:49 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: ClearCase_guy

DoD uses smart card auth w/PIN. Its what I use at work.
I also use password safe as my passwod repository.


20 posted on 08/31/2018 5:55:51 AM PDT by RitchieAprile
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