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Originally Posted by ScalyFreak
What's depressing is that a lot of people who know, still can't be bothered to do the things you suggested. And I agree that they are basic, in fact more than basic, they should be blindingly obvious to anyone who spends a lot of time online.
Everyone does online banking these days, and everyone I know who does, is also constantly complaining about how many different passwords and keys and verifications their bank requires every time they try to log in. Everyone except those of us who know how easy it is to steal an identity, that is. 
I wrote this a few years ago. While old and geared towards PC gaming, it still applies in full, to any form of online account out there. |
Some banks are still in the stone age and using security question and passwords that only allow numbers and letters and can be no longer than 8 characters.
The truth is the Security questions needs to go away. Period. It's too much a vulnerability. Two step verification is the better way to go. In the past month I have seen several people hacked due to their security question. Thanks to social media sites it's so easy to figure out the answers to them. What good is a strong password if they can answer your security question to get access to your account?
Then you have problems like Adobe where hackers just by passed it everything so you have to different profiles for every site.
Don't use the same email for everything. Keep your Amazon, Paypal and Bank accounts away from the other sites you shop on. Don't use that email for anything else online.
I do mine it by priority.
I have email for Bills, Bank and Personal stuff
I have email for Amazon
I have a email for Shopping sites
I have a email for Facebook
I have a email for book related stuff.
I have a spam email for junk sites
You get the idea.
