Lazy passwords
I decided to write this because of the recent event of Stickam being hacked and everyones information being compromised. It is a very good example of how safe your information is on a social network. I am not going to be one of those people that says passwords should be 20 letters and numbers long with upper and lower case, while it is better and more secure the longer your password is. Instead we will talk about using the same password for multiple places. Because in all reality even if your password is the most secure password on the net if you use it everywhere and someone hacks stickam or myspace the length and complication of your password does you no good and that hacker now has your password WHICH you use on every place you have one on. I think that even the laziest users should split there passwords up into a few groups or levels.
Group 1 – would be for financial sites. This is your most important information and should be separate from anything else you do. In all reality you should have a different password for each financial site you are on. But if your a lazy user separating financial sites should be good enough.
Group 2 – this group would be for social networks. Since social networks get hacked a lot and people often fall victim to phishing pages/emails it is a good idea to keep the password for those separate. These are probably the most dangeous places because they are so insecure. Now again it is still good practice to keep a different password for every place you go to keep things the most secure.
Group 3 – Pretty much everyplace else. After the previous 2 groups all other sites are up to your discretion those are just the 2 main ones.
Now remember that I am in no way saying that this is the way people should do things but if your not going to do it right at least do it in a “safer” manner to prevent yourself from getting totally fucked. Really it is best to have a different password for each place you go and the password should be 8-10 characters long (the longer the better) and have at least 1 uppercase letter and at least 1 number. Now remember there is no such thing as a full proof password. Any password with time can be cracked but the harder you make it the more chances that hacker will give up out of bordom. Unless you really pissed someone off then you really don’t have to worry unless the database is cracked which goes back to why its a good idea to use a different password for each place you go to.
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