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Why do I have to provide authentication when I want to read a password stored in my own web browser while I have to do nothing to read the same password on a site’s login page?
Is my conclusion correct that asking the user for a PIN is poi… Continue reading Why do I need to provide authentication when accessing a browser’s built-in password manager?
Today I have finally resolved one of the most irritating (at least for me) features of Windows 11. That is fact that my computer goes to sleep 60 seconds or so after I lock it even though I have set it to be always on, if it is wall-powere… Continue reading Can forcing people to not lock their Windows be taken as a security problem?
Is Rumkin.com’s password tool a reliable tool for password strength checking?
I am asking because:
I am getting confusing suggestions:
(the password in this example is 777 characters long)
D. W.’s comment to Jeff Atwood’s answer claims … Continue reading Can 777-characters long passphrase be considered too short?
Since I am a decent fan of the XKCD no 936 (or actually conclusions and implications it brings), I wanted to test (using try zxcvbn) the complexity and the possiblity of breaking a password like the following one:
My password for Facebook… Continue reading Why removing just one letter form passwords makes it 20x easier to break according to zxcvbn test
I have been using Windows Product Key Viewer for ages to read current Windows’ serial number. I had never any hack- or virus-related issue about this application.
A few days ago I have installed Bitdefender and one my OneDrive started to d… Continue reading What exactly is Application.Hacktool.AMZ?
One of my old, rarely used computers had still an old password for my pyszne.pl / takeaway.com account stored in my browser’s password manager. I tried to log into my account from that computer and saw a page saying that a one-time passwor… Continue reading Sending OTP before authentication / password verification
I am about to return my ThinkPad laptop to my (former) employer. I found a very nice solution to erase / protect my private data — ThinkWipe application in ThinkPad’s BIOS. I made use of it right away.
However, to my kind of big surprise,… Continue reading What is encryption key reset and why it is safer than zero-write?
tl;dr: I have switched phone and operating system: Android 8.0 –> Android 10.0. Phone restored from backup, so all the remaining is the same except for Microsoft Authenticator that now requires fingerprint scan. Does this truly increas… Continue reading Does fingerprint scanning on Microsoft Authenticator increase security?
A follow up to my 7,5 years old question. Back 10-15 years ago, when I wanted to send an executable file over Gmail from my PC, all I had to do was to change file’s extension to some meaningless one or compress that file with a password.
T… Continue reading Can I consider files compressed with password safe at all?
A follow up to my 7,5 years old question. Back 10-15 years ago, when I wanted to send an executable file over Gmail from my PC, all I had to do was to change file’s extension to some meaningless one or compress that file with a password.
T… Continue reading Can I consider files compressed with password safe at all?