[Shop-talk] HP M110we printer drivers

Wed Jun 22 08:59:25 MDT 2022

At the risk of sounding paranoid, we are! Nothing is private anymore.

Mike

On 6/22/2022 7:42 AM, eric at megageek.com wrote:
> I built something similar for my personal use.  It is an encrypted 
> database, and even the entries are in a nomenclature that only I know. 
>  I literally could show someone the password from my database and it 
> would be meaningless to them, but it is a formula for how the password 
> works.
>
> It is a pain, but never allow the web browser to remember your passwords.
>
> Moose
>
>
>
> From: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com>
> To: "shop-talk at autox.team.net" <Shop-talk at autox.team.net>
> Date: 06/22/2022 10:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] HP M110we printer drivers
> Sent by: "Shop-talk" <shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net>
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> >  I now have about 400 passwords, and I'm supposed to remember them?
>
> I have a password system that allows me to create a unique password 
> for each site, but I can figure out what it is by the system if I have 
> forgotten it.  I keep a list for backup (on paper), but this has 
> served me well.  Obviously I don't want to go into too much detail, 
> but everything that needs a password has one unique feature, and one 
> feature tying it to a group.  Since you all are clever people, you can 
> figure something out.  Add a common element to make the passwords long 
> enough (passphrase or acronym) and you are good to go.  You wind up 
> with some combination of  [common part + group part + unique part] The 
> hardest part is changing all the passwords!
>
> And after a 35 year career as an engineer with one foot in the IT 
> world, I am amused to say that it was my 80-year-old father who 
> provided me with the system.  I'm not sure I ever would have thought 
> of it on my own.  I don't know where he got it from, but I'm grateful 
> for how much easier my modern life is.
>
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 10:15 AM John T. Blair <_jblair1948 at cox.net_ 
> <mailto:jblair1948 at cox.net>> wrote:
> At 09:53 AM 6/22/2022, you wrote:
>
> >Eric, moving more off topic, do smart products, like an air 
> conditioner I can
> >ontrol from my iPhone, or web based security cameras, present the same
> >ecurity hole?,
>
> Jim,
>
> I can't say for all, but I just bought a "U" window AC unit. There is 
> an app for
> it you have to down load.  When we did, it wanted access to everything 
> on our
> smart phone.  So we deleted the app.  It doesn't need access to 
> anything on
> my smart phone.
>
> This how "smart" thing is getting rediculous.  All these web sites 
> that require a
> log on to even "window" shop.  I now have about 400 passwords, and I'm 
> supposed to remember them?  Same thing with apps.  If I can go to a 
> site with
> my browser on my desk top, WHY do I need an app to do the same thing on my
> cell phone?  I've quit going to all those sites.  But I doubt they 
> will get the
> message.
>
> John
>
>
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