Since 2017, LuxSci has supported application-specific passwords. These enable users to create distinct username/password combinations for use with different applications, devices, or for shared account access. These login aliases can have limited privileges; for example, granting access only to email or only to web site file storage. Use of application specific passwords can greatly enhance […]
Users tend to reuse passwords to make their life simple. This includes reusing the same passwords across multiple sites and using the same passwords for years and years. This is bad of course. We see it in the news so frequently that no one is surprised that millions of accounts are compromised at companies every […]
If you are allowing Mozilla FireFox or Thunderbird to remember passwords to web sites and/or email accounts in their Password Manager tool, you should know that these passwords are all stored in a plain text file (base64 encoded) on your computer’s disk drive. This file is accessible to anyone with administrative access to your computer. […]
Passwords are the bane of modern existence. Most of us have dozens or hundreds of accounts with passwords to keep track of. Many people are probably also using the same easy passwords for each of these accounts. Don’t be ashamed if that’s you because many people do it. Just be prepared to listen. If you […]
The act of “logging in” – that is, gaining access to some private area in a shared space – has been with us since the early 60s with the introduction of time-sharing computers, albeit confined in those days to very limited professional circles. However, with the use of the public internet as a communication and […]
