On Sat, 25 Jul 2015 17:43, Anton Aylward
http://www.geek.com/apps/google-compares-security-experts-to-the-rest-of-us-...
Yes I use a unique password generator and I get VERY ANNOYED at sites that a) don't differentiate between UC and LC b) don't permit non alpha characters, especially spaces c) won't let me use password longer than 15 characters or truncate them down to 8 characters
Yes I have a password manager.
Yes I update daily.
Sadly few sites, not least of all my banks, use two-factor authentication. The best of them use what amounts to a 'double password' scheme.
All that being said ....
While I update the apps on my phone and tablet, there seems to be no updates to the kernel/os other than buying a new phone or rooting it and installing a 3rd party ROM - which may lack functionality or have other problems.
Lets not even think about updates to the cars and other IoT things! If we do we might get very, very frightened.
I see your cars, and raise the "new" fad smart-home (i.e. easy to break in and manipulate) Even more ugly: Power-plants, Power-lines, Fresh-water plants, Waste-water treatment plants, etc -- all easy to reach and break in (electronically) just because "security" is treated as "obscurity". A nice part of my daily work consists in reducing such possible attack areas. In some cases by pulling the plug between internal network and internet because: "the internet is safe, we do not need any firewalls". "Passwords? -- What passwords??" and the ever famous: "Encrypted communication, what's that?" are daily fun for me. "Stuxnet" has never happened for these guys, and they are Managers. I avoid having a mobile if ever possible. - Yamaban. -- A secure smart-phone? Nokia 6010! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org