@Lergnom – can you please explain that 1P App store discrepancy in more detail for the non-savvy tech user?
I have been using 1P for at least seven years but I bought the last one directly from Agile Bits when I got a new computer earlier this year. What am I missing out on by having purchased from Agile Bits? I
A 1P update alert has appeared for at least the last ten days when I turn on the computer each morning. Ignoring it until I have time to research as I am often frustrated by updates.
Pets’ names are among the first things people will try along with spouse and kid names. And it’s probably easy enough to find through Facebook or other social media. Best practice is to use different passwords for different accounts. My online banking has a unique password; Paypal has its own unique password, etc.
Locking down your password list is best. Even in Word, you can password protect your document so it makes it more difficult to access. Having a combo of upper and lower case letters, numbers, and special characters is also important. You want passwords to be easy for you to remember but hard for others to guess.
It’s not at all difficult to access a Word password protected file. Trivial. Don’t rely on this!
Agree but it’s better than having nothing in place at all.
Not really. Not when it is so easy to get 1Password.
In computer security, there is no such thing as “it’s better than having nothing in place at all.” All it’s doing is making the thief work about 30 seconds longer.
What about PW-protected Excel spreadsheets? Is cracking that PW just as easy as Word?
I’m sure it is. The only thing that can slow someone using a password cracker is to limit the number of attempts before the system is locked out. You don’t have that on the password protected files.
I got hit with a bunch of Groupon charges a few months back. My credit card company’s fraud alert team contacted me, and I told them no Groupon charges were from me or any authorized user on my card. I then contacted Groupon, and they were pretty useless. It took several attempts to get them to understand that I did not authorize the charges and had instructed my credit card company not to pay them. The first person insisted I had to have left the browser open and either a family member or someone else I knew had made the charges. I later found out that others I know have had this happen. I had made the mistake of saving my credit card info on the Groupon site. I no longer save my credit card info on any sites.
[url=<a href=“https://blog.agilebits.com/2015/10/19/when-a-leak-isnt-a-leak/%5DHere%5B/url”>https://blog.agilebits.com/2015/10/19/when-a-leak-isnt-a-leak/]Here[/url] is a blog post that explains what I said about 1Password. In essence, when they use iCloud synching, they can use a more secure system which not only encrypts passwords but also URLs and their titles (the stuff you see at the top of a page) and, I think, some more metadata. The “older” system isn’t as complete but is secure and they’re moving over to the new vault format as they can. The post contains instructions (or links) for how to convert to the newer system now if you want.
I use Fido as my password too. Except CC of course. 
Seriously though, I wish my card company would contact me about potential fraud. I get a card cut off about twice a year due to suspicious activity, when that activity is me. Often very inopportune such as when I am checking of a hotel or paying for dinner.
It finally made it to Twitter that Groupon screwed up and many of their users had charges for the Starbucks gift card on Groupon accounts. I did get an email from them today basically saying they deactivated my account and if I want to continue to use Groupon, they are advising that people to reregister with a different email. They said they can reactivate it with my current email if I want, though. I don’t think I’m going to reregister with them anymore… too much hassle and too many emails. I hardly ever buy anything from them anymore anyway.
So yea, we spent hours changing passwords, which was not a bad idea anyway - the new one is more secure. And we did not replace our credit cards, thankfully. I’d been watching the accounts twice daily since this happened, and now I won’t be quite so diligent - no one obviously got my CC number as a consequence of this screw up. They just had access to my Groupon account - which, when I looked at it, only shows the last four numbers of the CC.
When my Dad died, I didn’t have any of his account information. I did however, know his SS number. That, plus telling the customer service reps that he had passed away, was all that was needed at first. I had to send copies of the death certificate and my ID, but needed no passwords or account numbers.
P.S. I keep my passwords in a little address book in alphabetical order.