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[Hackers</a> crack more than 60% of breached LinkedIn passwords - Computerworld](<a href=“Hackers crack more than 60% of breached LinkedIn passwords | Computerworld”>Hackers crack more than 60% of breached LinkedIn passwords | Computerworld)</p>
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<p>Just emailed my D.
Noticed you could access her entire resume just by inputting her name and “LinkedIn”
At least she should know enough to have different passwords.</p>
<p>Anyone who does not gave a different STRONG password for every site they use deserves whatever they get. Use a tool like eWallet.</p>
<p>Thanks for the heads up. Just changed my linked in password!</p>
<p>I use passwords with capitals and numbers, but don’t change them frequently enough.
I hadn’t heard about ewallet, thanks for the recommendation.</p>
<p>^^ If someone’s running a guessing hack then changing your PWs doesn’t help. Actually, changing your PWs doesn’t really help at all as long as you didn’t tell someone else your PW or write it down on scraps of paper because in a nutshell, there’ll be little difference to the hacker whether it’s a PW you’ve used for a day, for a year, or for a decade.</p>
<p>The main thing is to choose a strong PW to begin with, don’t tell it to anyone, and don’t write it down.</p>
<p>Of course, then you’ll likely forget it and then have other issues.</p>
<p>What info do people store on Linkedin that’s confidential?</p>
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<p>Actually I have a sheet of paper at home (well hidden) with all my passwords on it. How else could I remember 150+ passwords when you’re over 50 y.o.?</p>
<p>Let’s not be so harsh, Iron Maiden. Sure, we can take as many precautions as feasible, but a determined thief can foil a lot of security.</p>
<p>^^ We all have to have some way to remember them - especially when they’re strong PWs (i.e. not a real word, mixed case, mixed alpha and other characters, at least 8 characters long, etc.). </p>
<p>Some hide them on a piece of paper, some put them in a file and encrypt the file but need to remember that PW, and some use tools made for this.</p>
<p>Firms/agencies that are highly security conscious forbid their employees from writing the PW on a piece of paper.</p>
<p>You just have to be careful of the piece of paper.</p>
<p>And don’t keep it under the mousepad or under the keyboard or under the desk or in the top drawer. Worse yet, some people even keep it on their monitor!!!
Hands up, how many of you are guilty???</p>
<p>I email them to myself.</p>
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<li> change it monthly</li>
<li> include cap and lower case letters</li>
<li> include a special character</li>
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<p>This month’s pw is June@2012</p>
<p>Use a tool like ewallet. Have it generate a random password for each site. You don’t have to remember them and never ever wrote them down!</p>
<p>I keep my passwords on my laptop using Growly Notes (Microsoft One-Note clone). I also keep a lot of the household information there including bank accounts, family personal stuff, plans, etc. It’s all encrypted and backed up off-site.</p>
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<p>Not to minimize the password hack, but isn’t that the whole point of LinkedIn?</p>
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<p>It’s not that, it’s the fact that many people use the same password for different sites. So, for example, your banking info could be compromised if you have the same password as your LinkedIn account.
[James</a> Fallows - After the LinkedIn Hack: The One Step You Must Take Today](<a href=“After the LinkedIn Hack: The One Step You Must Take Today - The Atlantic”>After the LinkedIn Hack: The One Step You Must Take Today - The Atlantic)</p>
<p>Yes, but if you’re not a 'connection" you don’t want any random stranger knowing where you work</p>
<p>I have few levels of secured PW. I wouldn’t use my banking PW for social network.</p>
<p>DS got an email from twitter that his Twitter account may have been hacked and they reset his password. Just another heads up for possible issues. I have to look into the wallet thing.</p>
<p>And everybody knows that connections through a smartphone are not secure - ie hackable.</p>