Hawaii missile alert standdown delayed by forgotten log-in

Re:Hawaii missile alert standdown delayed by forgotten log-in by taneq on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @07:42AM (#16213109)

Damned if you do write the password on a post-it note, damned if you don't.

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Re:Hawaii missile alert standdown delayed by forgotten log-in by pc86 on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @07:54AM (#16213159)

Not damned if you just remember the goddamn password OR use a password manager.

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Re:Hawaii missile alert standdown delayed by forgotten log-in by beat on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @10:28AM (#16214289)

Use a password manager. I'd prefer that critical government social media accounts not use passwords that a human being can realistically remember.

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Re:Hawaii missile alert standdown delayed by forgotten log-in by t3f on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @08:00AM (#16213206)

At least it wasn't due to a Expired SAML Certificate?

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Re:Hawaii missile alert standdown delayed by forgotten log-in by bluehatbrit on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @07:55AM (#16213166)

I'm a fan of Nadine Dorries's approach of just telling everyone and the interns your password. Crowd sourced memory, right? - source http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42216622

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Re:Hawaii missile alert standdown delayed by forgotten log-in by oneeyedpigeon on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @08:57AM (#16213546)

As a UK citizen, I was furious about that at the time. I can't understand how that's not illegal, for someone in her position.

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Re:Hawaii missile alert standdown delayed by forgotten log-in by mtgx on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @08:09AM (#16213264)

You say that as if those are the only two options. How about using a sandboxed browser with a password manager that auto-completes the credentials and a Yubikey for 2FA? Of course this is only to make it as "easy" as possible for them, considering they'd be moving up from post-it note passwords. But it wouldn't be ideal either in terms of security.

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Re:Hawaii missile alert standdown delayed by forgotten log-in by williamscales on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @12:04PM (#16215074)

Write it on a post-it note and put it in your wallet. If you lose your wallet you probably have some work to do anyway to cancel cards. Just change your password first.

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Re:Hawaii missile alert standdown delayed by forgotten log-in by i_feel_great on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @07:52AM (#16213151)

No need to write "password123" down

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Re:Hawaii missile alert standdown delayed by forgotten log-in by mikeash on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @08:23AM (#16213339)

That’s not very secure. Instead, use “password124”.

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