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How safe is your OS X password?
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Caught in a web of deceit.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2001
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Well if you use the same password for OS X as for your mail accounts, it's transmitted over the network in clear text every time you check your mail, so.....
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: 34.06 N 118.47 W
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Mine is "password". but don't tell anyone..!! ;
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A lie can go halfway around the world before the truth even gets its boots on. - Mark Twain
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Helsinki, Finland
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Originally posted by CatOne:
Well if you use the same password for OS X as for your mail accounts, it's transmitted over the network in clear text every time you check your mail, so.....
... unless you choose to secure the connection. In Mail, see the advanced section in Accounts.
J
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: May 2002
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Originally posted by BTP:
Mine is "password". but don't tell anyone..!! ;
OOH, me too.
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I have Mac
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: May 1999
Location: Seattle
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Using the same PW for lots of things, especially PW's stored on remote servers such as email accounts is a big fat, juicy security no-no.
Most security breaches result from bad habits, not the software.
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1.25GHz PowerBook
i vostri seni sono spettacolari
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 1999
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Originally posted by BTP:
Mine is "password". but don't tell anyone..!! ;
Hasn't anyone told you that a password with at least one capital letter and one number or special character is much more secure. You know, like -- Password<8)
-- asxless in iLand
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2002
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My password is '1234'.
oh, wait... that's the combination for my luggage...
'god'
that's the one.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Norway (I eat whales)
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Wasn't it in Tron where the boss with all his power had the password "master" or something like that?
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Sniffer gone old-school sig
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2002
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Originally posted by sniffer:
Wasn't it in Tron where the boss with all his power had the password "master" or something like that?
I was ripping Spaceballs and Hackers. I'll watch Tron again and let you know.
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Forum Regular
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Boston, MA
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Originally posted by :XI::
I was ripping Spaceballs and Hackers. I'll watch Tron again and let you know.
Actually, in Spaceballs, it was 12345.
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