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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Well, I just looked in my password manager and I have a similar number of passwords. It looks like about 420 at current count, so I use a password manager program. Currently I use LastPass – using the premium version so I can get access on both mobile and desktop. I may be migrating to BitWarden this year, after giving it a trial period running alongside the other. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The two main advantages I see are [1] I only have to remember a single [long, complex] master password, as opposed to trying to remember various for each site, and [2] the software generates long, random passwords that are near-impossible to break – especially when each site gets its own password [and soon, maybe random generated usernames, too]. A sample password would be “ No8U6T#r3@nEEsjvlQrknCwJfUGD ”. It would take until the end of the universe using current computing to brute force that!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>With individual, complex passwords I am more secure knowing that when some company I do business with gets hacked, all I have to change is the single password they have – as opposed to trying to figure out which other sites I used the same password on.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>----------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All the best,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Al Fuller<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeff Scarbrough<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 22, 2022 10:27 AM<br><b>To:</b> Shop-talk@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Shop-talk] HP M110we printer drivers<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>> <span style='font-size:13.5pt'>I now have about 400 passwords, and I'm supposed to remember them?</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>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!</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>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.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 10:15 AM John T. Blair <<a href="mailto:jblair1948@cox.net">jblair1948@cox.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>At 09:53 AM 6/22/2022, you wrote:<br><br>>Eric, moving more off topic, do smart products, like an air conditioner I can <br>>ontrol from my iPhone, or web based security cameras, present the same <br>>ecurity hole?, <br><br>Jim,<br><br>I can't say for all, but I just bought a "U" window AC unit. There is an app for<br>it you have to down load. When we did, it wanted access to everything on our<br>smart phone. So we deleted the app. It doesn't need access to anything on <br>my smart phone. <br><br>This how "smart" thing is getting rediculous. All these web sites that require a <br>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<br>my browser on my desk top, WHY do I need an app to do the same thing on my<br>cell phone? I've quit going to all those sites. But I doubt they will get the <br>message.<br><br>John</span><o:p></o:p></p><div id="gmail-m_4998848331408064074DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=1 width="99%" noshade style='color:#909090' align=center></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 11.25pt 0in 6.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.avast.com/antivirus" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=90 height=33 style='width:.9375in;height:.3437in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://static.avast.com/emails/avast-mail-stamp.png" alt="Avast logo"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#3D4D5A'>This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. <br><a href="https://www.avast.com/antivirus" target="_blank">www.avast.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>John T. 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