Then you finally do the password change, go to login and now the new password doesn’t work because you copied it to clipboard and overwrote it somehow in that small time frame goddamn shit! I always win+r and put it there until I know everything is all good.
Coming from a Linux background and being forced to use windows 10/11 at work, this was a game changer for me when i accidentally mis-keyed this shortcut and turned on the history feature. Now I use it literally dozens or hundreds of times each day.
If I recall, a few (most) security experts now support written-on-paper passwords. Why? Because it is the solution for users who would otherwise commit far a more egregious security faux pas otherwise.
In most circumstances, it is easier to keep the notebook secure than your wallet, your car, etc. And let’s be honest, the list of suspects are REALLY short if someone breaks into your house, opens the third drawer, grabs the notebook and runs. And if it’s more than that and somebody ransacks your entire house, I guarantee having to change your passwords is the least of your headaches.
Ultimately, physical compromise is the lowest possible security risk for most people throughout their lives. Yes, it happens. Yes, it sucks. But having your bank password out in the wild with nobody realizing it is possibly far more dangerous.
I suspect a large number of these incidents are due to the password field in the login page allowing fewer characters than the field in the sign up page, so the password gets truncated. A couple of help desk meat shields have confirmed that for me, but mostly I think this because it seems to fix itself if I use a shorter password.
How short, you ask? Who tf knows! They sure as shit won’t tell you! Just spend the next 20 minutes trying shit til it works, because you have nothing better to do with your time!
My company doesn’t tell you what the AD policy is for changing your domain logon password but windows will just tell you that it doesn’t meet the policy. What IS the password policy you ask?
Idk who is safe to use for password mgmt. I haven’t seen data leaks for my banking institutions who probably have enforced regulations for IT security. Are there standards in place for password manager products? What brands are reputable?
Yourself. I use Vaultwarden on a Raspberry Pi. Lots of people use something like KeePass and sync it with Dropbox or something similar. As far as someone else hosting it, Bitwarden seems like the go to (and is the project that Vaultwarden is based on).
Who still isn’t using a password manager?
The most infuriating part is when this happens while using a password from a password manager
The fact this happens is infuriating. 😣
Then you finally do the password change, go to login and now the new password doesn’t work because you copied it to clipboard and overwrote it somehow in that small time frame goddamn shit! I always win+r and put it there until I know everything is all good.
Maybe use the clipboard history on Windows? (Win+V)
Coming from a Linux background and being forced to use windows 10/11 at work, this was a game changer for me when i accidentally mis-keyed this shortcut and turned on the history feature. Now I use it literally dozens or hundreds of times each day.
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What if I were to tell you my password manager password is the most vulnerable of all?
Nobody would guess it’s hunter2.
I only see ******* when you type hunter2
Thank God!
You should really upgrade to hunter3
But how did you see it? I used the spoiler tag
/s
Mine is bigboipassword123. Can’t dictionary attack it cuz boi isn’t in the dictionary.
P455w3rd
My parents. All written down on paper in handy notebooks for anyone that breaks in. Two entire lives and everything in them just there for the taking.
My grandma does this, but they’re in one of the many Bibles she has in her home.
“They stamped it, didn’t they? Those damn Gideons.”
If I recall, a few (most) security experts now support written-on-paper passwords. Why? Because it is the solution for users who would otherwise commit far a more egregious security faux pas otherwise.
In most circumstances, it is easier to keep the notebook secure than your wallet, your car, etc. And let’s be honest, the list of suspects are REALLY short if someone breaks into your house, opens the third drawer, grabs the notebook and runs. And if it’s more than that and somebody ransacks your entire house, I guarantee having to change your passwords is the least of your headaches.
Ultimately, physical compromise is the lowest possible security risk for most people throughout their lives. Yes, it happens. Yes, it sucks. But having your bank password out in the wild with nobody realizing it is possibly far more dangerous.
I promise you that does not help.
I suspect a large number of these incidents are due to the password field in the login page allowing fewer characters than the field in the sign up page, so the password gets truncated. A couple of help desk meat shields have confirmed that for me, but mostly I think this because it seems to fix itself if I use a shorter password.
How short, you ask? Who tf knows! They sure as shit won’t tell you! Just spend the next 20 minutes trying shit til it works, because you have nothing better to do with your time!
My company doesn’t tell you what the AD policy is for changing your domain logon password but windows will just tell you that it doesn’t meet the policy. What IS the password policy you ask?
Well it’s uh… 🤷♂️
Try again!
I am annoyed on your behalf.
I’ve had goons tell me they can’t tell me the character max because of “security”
Ah, of course! Security through obscurity.
Stelth
Yeah I’ve noticed this a few times as well. It’s pretty bad.
Thank you for validating my self-indulgent rant :)
You must be using double-strength ROT13 encryption.
I do use a password manager but this shit still happens. Does anyone know why? Something to do with a “password hash”, I think…
They are just gaslighting you. Its a global conspiracy in tech industry
1 week later: EZ Pass has majority of user passwords compromised, giving hackers access to bank records of 8 million Americans.
That’s even more reason to use a password manager. You’re far more likely to have unique passwords per site. If one gets compromised, others don’t.
Idk who is safe to use for password mgmt. I haven’t seen data leaks for my banking institutions who probably have enforced regulations for IT security. Are there standards in place for password manager products? What brands are reputable?
Bitwarden is a pretty good option, it’s fully open source and self-hostable and they get yearly security audits.
Yourself. I use Vaultwarden on a Raspberry Pi. Lots of people use something like KeePass and sync it with Dropbox or something similar. As far as someone else hosting it, Bitwarden seems like the go to (and is the project that Vaultwarden is based on).