Geoffrey Giebelhaus

RE: https://mastodon.social/@CStamp/116291864429662661

My personal advice - use a password manager, and make every password and username different. Make sure your master password is at least 25 characters long (a short sentence/statement is often easy to remember and long enough. Throw a number in there for fun).

Never let the browser save your passwords, history, cookies, or otherwise. #internetsafety #privacy

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Show threadMichael Russell14h ago
@geoff_eg The password managers have had many privacy breaches etc already. How are they better than something like say, Firefox, handling it locally (not between devices). I let FF remember some passwords, but my banking ones are memorized.
Show threadPaul Turnbull 🇨🇦14h ago
@geoff_eg This is what I do and am happy with it especially with the addition of 2FA.
Show threadGeoffrey Giebelhaus14h ago
@Chigaze 2FA is amazing for an extra layer of security, aside from some specific variations (I'm looking at you SMS codes).
Show threadEwen Bell 📸14h ago
@geoff_eg @Chigaze

Annoys me when you add proper 2FA to an account but then they won't remove the SMS backstop anyway... so why bother at that point!
Show threadGeoffrey Giebelhaus14h ago
@ewen @Chigaze It drives me nuts. My banks have all finally introduced 2FA (after like 10yrs of it being requested)... but 2 of them still default to SMS regardless. You'd think they of all platforms would appreciate login security.