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Open source is nice but not a huge comfort unless you have the skill and experience to review a security product - so most of us are putting our faith in all the other people we assume are looking at it. And 2FA is great when you're using your phone as a token for your desktop, but when your phone is being used for both parts of the transaction that increases the burden of trust. As it stands, there are things I put in my chosen password manager (KeePassXC and KeePassDX) and a few things I do not. So there are still a lot of eggs in there, but not all of them. |
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09-28-2021, 10:57 AM | #452 |
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I don't use a password manager or a browser, but the old analog method - writing them down on paper. The paper stays at home, of course, and not on a table for every visitor to see. I remember the ones I use most often, like Google, Amazon, Paypal, Microsoft.
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09-28-2021, 02:58 PM | #454 |
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I have seen store managers write down the combination the the store safe and keep it in their desk.
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I recently found this article: International coalition calls for action against surveillance-based advertising. Data from ebook readers is, of course, a minor contribution to this kind of surveillance, but it's a part of a greater, problematic pattern. |
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09-28-2021, 09:43 PM | #456 | |
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I find the privacy advocates get pissed when encountering another extreme privacy person when that person cannot get the person on the phone! e.g person B will not receive calls from person A because of implementation of killing anonymous phone calls. Or cannot find person B's addr because non-published phone number. Of course, person A does not like not being rejected because person B is also an extreme privacy advocate. I loved the rejection of annonymous phone calls when I was "on call"; the company set their caller-id to annoymous because of concerns on privacy by the doctors. Never had to answer the phone at night or go troubleshoot; lasted a long time until I got a new manager who told the telecommunications people who were very stupid as the phone number displayed were being 'spuffed'/faked. |
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09-28-2021, 11:53 PM | #457 |
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People freak out over that microchip that's in the covid vaccine. But I like having that chip in me; when I get Alzheimers and senile dementia and start wandering all over creation I like knowing they'll be able to use that chip to find me. Hopefully there will be enough 5g towers around for it to work.
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What I like about credit cards is that the risk is all on the card companies; maybe it's because California has strong consumer protection laws but whenever I get a bogus charge, if they don't catch it I call them and tell them and they cancel that card and send me a new one, and remove the bogus charge. If you tell them that you're going on a trip and need the replacement card right away they'll even send it express. I don't know if the laws are better now but I had a coworker who had his checking account drained when his debit card was compromised and he had to battle with the bank to get them to refund his money. So as long as you pay off your credit card in full each month it's as good as a debit card and possibly safer for you. Last edited by hobnail; 09-29-2021 at 12:30 AM. |
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Malware can be used to violate your privacy, of course, but they're not the same. There was malware before there was online banking or online business at all. Edit: I apologize if you got the impression that I was insensitive to your troubles. My intention was not to belittle them. I may not have had my card info stolen online, but I have physically lost all my bank cards and documents at once, and also had to replace them all. So I'm well aware how awful the experience is. Last edited by Sirtel; 09-29-2021 at 01:28 AM. |
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There is a BIG difference between Paranoia and Being Careful.
My CC has been violated TWICE since I have been using it online. IN 40 YEARS. (this is not a case where there were just issues with a merchant purchase) The first time, the Bank caught it (3 attempts, decline $ amounts (I guess they thought I had poor credit with a lower limit), from the East Coast). The other time, they bought Concert tickets (also in the East), I caught that. Note: Debit cars do not have the same protection BY LAW, as CC's do. My ATM card does not have a CC Logo and only works with the PIN for that reason. Back when they only used Knuckle Busters at FULL service gas stations, The attendant presented the clip board for my sig. I was in the habit of pulling my copy and discovered a second slip underneath. He claimed "oops, must have stuck" . Not so, I have used those machines and the impression slide will not cross without major force (and will flatten the raised numbers). And Yes, folk share way too much info on Social Media. |
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My bank card once was cancelled by the bank because a site I used it at was hacked. They caught it, called me to tell me and I received a replacement card in two days. I think that was very good service.
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