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Changing phone numbers to avoid being hacked [closed]

Posted on November 6, 2022 by gnasher729

There are reports that Liz Truss (UK politician and short-term Prime Minister) changed her phone number four times since July for security reasons. I don’t quite get how and when that would help. I thought you would take these steps:

Your… Continue reading Changing phone numbers to avoid being hacked [closed]→

Posted in phone

Wi-Fi with guest network

Posted on October 23, 2022 by gnasher729

I use an old AirPort Extreme to provide WiFi in my home. It provides a 2.4 and 5.0 GHz network with a good password, only available to me and my wife. It also provides a separate guest network without password. The benefit is that visitors… Continue reading Wi-Fi with guest network→

Posted in passwords, privacy

Cracking hashes of trivially modified passwords

Posted on November 25, 2021 by gnasher729

If I started with “password”, then change it to “password2”, “password3” etc, is that easier to crack the hashes of the set of passwords than if I used only the original password?
Does having the output of hash(password1), hash(password2),… Continue reading Cracking hashes of trivially modified passwords→

Posted in hash, password cracking, passwords

Reason for iOS and Android fingerprint behaviour

Posted on June 2, 2019 by gnasher729

Both iOS and Android allow using a fingerprint sensor for logging in, and allow applications to store secrets that can only be unlocked using the fingerprint. Both allow one or more fingerprints to be stored, and allow adding… Continue reading Reason for iOS and Android fingerprint behaviour→

Posted in authentication, fingerprint

Is communication with printers protected?

Posted on September 15, 2018 by gnasher729

If someone can break into my home network then they can record anything going over my WiFi network, which is why https is essential and VPN is useful. Now my printer is connected through WiFi, and several devices use it.

Qu… Continue reading Is communication with printers protected?→

Posted in encryption, wifi

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