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How real is the threat of being hacked when gaming?
Tiffanys:
...if you had a keylogger you would be boned anyways. But uh, phishing would already have you boned to begin with, even without a keylogger.
I don't see how you can make having a compromised PC some sort of argument against having good security. Even if you had bad security you'd still be screwed if you were compromised.
As for websites, if you used LastPass even if you did have a keylogger you'd be relatively safe. You can't log automatic form filling as far as I'm aware.
As for games... if there's a possibility to have some sort of keyfob authenticator then getting that will also greatly increase your security. Though, most don't have that.
Not having a compromised PC tends to be the first step in keeping your password safe... xD
megido-rev.M:
--- Quote from: buchno on March 28, 2013, 02:21:08 PM ---I just realised something; if you're a person who easily forgets passwords, can't you take a common word (or the name of the site or something), calculate the SHA1-hash of it and use that as your password? It'll both be very secure and easily memorable!
...although, you probable won't remember the hash, so tools like LastPass or hash calculation algorithms are necessary.
--- End quote ---
Length would be a problem quite often.
buchno:
--- Quote from: megido-rev.M on March 30, 2013, 12:33:55 AM ---
--- Quote from: buchno on March 28, 2013, 02:21:08 PM ---I just realised something; if you're a person who easily forgets passwords, can't you take a common word (or the name of the site or something), calculate the SHA1-hash of it and use that as your password? It'll both be very secure and easily memorable!
...although, you probable won't remember the hash, so tools like LastPass or hash calculation algorithms are necessary.
--- End quote ---
Length would be a problem quite often.
--- End quote ---
Right, CRC(64) instead of SHA, then :)
...why do sites tend to have a maximum length on their users' passwords?
megido-rev.M:
--- Quote from: buchno on March 30, 2013, 02:34:06 AM ---
--- Quote from: megido-rev.M on March 30, 2013, 12:33:55 AM ---
--- Quote from: buchno on March 28, 2013, 02:21:08 PM ---I just realised something; if you're a person who easily forgets passwords, can't you take a common word (or the name of the site or something), calculate the SHA1-hash of it and use that as your password? It'll both be very secure and easily memorable!
...although, you probable won't remember the hash, so tools like LastPass or hash calculation algorithms are necessary.
--- End quote ---
Length would be a problem quite often.
--- End quote ---
Right, CRC(64) instead of SHA, then :)
...why do sites tend to have a maximum length on their users' passwords?
--- End quote ---
There's really no valid reason for maximum length.
Anyway, concerning passwords the only reason to using its hash is just for length, only adjusting what needs to be kept secret.
kitamesume:
--- Quote from: buchno on March 30, 2013, 02:34:06 AM ---
--- Quote from: megido-rev.M on March 30, 2013, 12:33:55 AM ---
--- Quote from: buchno on March 28, 2013, 02:21:08 PM ---I just realised something; if you're a person who easily forgets passwords, can't you take a common word (or the name of the site or something), calculate the SHA1-hash of it and use that as your password? It'll both be very secure and easily memorable!
...although, you probable won't remember the hash, so tools like LastPass or hash calculation algorithms are necessary.
--- End quote ---
Length would be a problem quite often.
--- End quote ---
Right, CRC(64) instead of SHA, then :)
...why do sites tend to have a maximum length on their users' passwords?
--- End quote ---
if we're still talking about online games, then they tend to have a max length of 20-24 characters, no idea why but yeah they do.
plus they tend to not allow special characters not within the standard keyboard layout, some even disallow ~!@#$%^&*
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