Originally Posted by
NegativeGhostrider
Complexity alone is essentially worthless.
I had not thought about that, but in this case I made my PW longer as well as more complex.
Originally Posted by
NegativeGhostrider
You need to use a password manager for all of your accounts so that you never have to remember them, which allows you to use unique passwords that are the maximum length possible. You can use diceware to generate long passphrases that are easy to remember for the master password to your password manager. The password manager encrypts all of your passwords end-to-end so they can be stored safely in your phone and/or computer, as well as synced to the cloud. The cloud storage never sees the cleartext passwords.
I have thought about this before and worried about the security of the PW manager. Is that a valid concern?
Originally Posted by
NegativeGhostrider
Your password manager and each individual account should also use multi/two-factor authentication. Even if someone steals your password, they still need something else (e.g., your phone) in order to access your account. Unfortunately, Delta still doesn't offer this basic feature that provides you with exponentially better account security.
I, for one, am not as concerned about DL and would probably be irritated to have to authenticate each time I log in with DL. Yes, I am now aware that my SMs are at risk, but it's not as material (to me) as my financial accounts and some other things that are more important.
Originally Posted by
NegativeGhostrider
Treat your boarding passes like credit cards. They have a lot of unencrypted personal information encoded in them. Try using a barcode scanner app and see for yourself. Don't throw them in the trash; shred them at home.
This was news to me - thanks!
Again, this is way off topic but I appreciate the info. I still think that there are some accounts that are of little concern to me (my WSJ.com account for example), but I'm overdue to look over all of my stuff to reconsider.