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hollysmom

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26. Well, I have money passwords and board and e-mail passwords -
Sat Aug 9, 2014, 12:57 PM
Aug 2014

Money passwords I am very careful with. The message boards - hey you hack them people see odd posts - I complain to admins - other than that, does it matter?
most e-mail passwords are set up for specific things. since I am not using e-bay right now and not using paypal, no money in it., I guess I don't care about them either. Don't shop that much on line mostly because I have enough stuff and don't need to buy anything else. Or I can just pick it up at costco or something. Not buying big ticket items. Do not let my credit card reside on-line, and generally have to report lost credit cards almost annually, and then when the new one arrives, I find the old one - sheesh - I am getting so old!
The banking and they e-mail connected to banking are very carefully monitored. I don't want to sign up for any other banking on-line even though I have 3 checking accounts (you get higher interest rates on a CD if you have an empty checking account.) Even my files on my computer are scrambled or kept on a thumb drive only - and yes I have lost thumb drives but figure no information about who it belongs to on the files.
Hope that is enough, Don't change things monthly, have a coded password sheets with some numbers lited, Igenerally associate one word with different numbers so that Is all I need, but if I die, so do all the passwords.

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Will do. I only want one government at a time to know my passwords and such! djean111 Aug 2014 #1
LOL--- trumad Aug 2014 #2
Again? I just changed all them from the previous attacks liberal N proud Aug 2014 #3
Like I said... trumad Aug 2014 #5
You can purchase apps for pc and smart phones and set them so they don't share hlthe2b Aug 2014 #8
It's ridiculous, isn't it? CrispyQ Aug 2014 #27
bout time I change them anyway.....thanks for the nudge to do so. a kennedy Aug 2014 #4
I'm doing it now.. trumad Aug 2014 #6
Is this is only about banking? I can't get TIME to come through. freshwest Aug 2014 #22
Gawd... I use datavault for PC and Iphone app--I've got nearly a 100 login passwords.... hlthe2b Aug 2014 #7
Bottom line---we are vulnerable trumad Aug 2014 #9
So what do you think was targeted? hlthe2b Aug 2014 #11
Nothing is perfect. trumad Aug 2014 #12
"I'm probably going to start using my banks bill pay system".......That's a start, but....... WillowTree Aug 2014 #19
I have the same system as you trumad. MoonRiver Aug 2014 #10
Well, I have money passwords and board and e-mail passwords - hollysmom Aug 2014 #26
I'm giving KeePass a try IDemo Aug 2014 #13
cool trumad Aug 2014 #14
great thread trumad, I'm contacting my credit union and other places nt steve2470 Aug 2014 #16
KeePass is great. MH1 Aug 2014 #21
Russian Hackers Amass Over a Billion Internet Passwords steve2470 Aug 2014 #15
And this is why I snail mail all my bills. Call me old fashioned, I don't care. Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #17
called my credit union, they were clueless steve2470 Aug 2014 #18
Yeah---the CSO is probably on vaca trumad Aug 2014 #20
kick nt steve2470 Aug 2014 #23
does that include passwords for message boards, like DU? napkinz Aug 2014 #24
I would think includes everything... trumad Aug 2014 #25
Thank you. snacker Aug 2014 #28
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