Security

evenasus

exel1966 wrote: »

Yes, if you don't like it Victor, don't use it !

The security is there for your benefit. There are numerous encrypted programs available to store password details. I'm sure someone will come along shortly with a few examples.

http://keepass.info/news/n110410_2.15.html
Kept on a memory stick - not a computer.

KeyPass is a very good way to store your security details. In fact I'd be lost without it - so many account log in details to remember.

It's possible to create a password which is 42 characters long.
I use a sentence (no spaces) which I can't forget.

masonic

evenasus wrote: »

It's possible to create a password which is 42 characters long.
I use a sentence (no spaces) which I can't forget.

Why no spaces? The more unique characters your password contains the better.

evenasus

masonic wrote: »

Why no spaces? The more unique characters your password contains the better.

My sentence contains letters, numbers & punctuation marks.

There is no way that anyone could guess my sentence/password.

SliAbhaile

MoneySaverLog wrote: »

Stick it all in a excel spreadsheet and password protect it. Just don't forget that password.

Under no circumstances do that. Excel's password protection is so poor you may as well post your details in an online blog.

SliAbhaile

What scares me is Barclays have just forced me to "upgrade" my log-in method to 'PINSentry'. I grudgingly did so because I didn't want the inconvenience of carrying the damn card reader when I frequently travel but now it's up and running I see this is the least of my problems: I'm shocked at how insecure it is.

Despite banks' claims to the contrary cards and their PINs are being cloned. It happened to my own brother, when the police were involved they quickly were able to tell him which petrol station had done it despite him being careful to cover the machine with his other hand when entering his PIN. It seems they have very clever small cameras aimed across the keypad so even if you cover the pad with your other hand it can still see the keys clearly.

A month ago if someone cloned my Barclays card in this manner I would have lost whatever small float I keep in my current account, now they get full access to all my Barclays accounts and products. Scary.

It really is a step backwards.

masonic

SliAbhaile wrote: »

Under no circumstances do that. Excel's password protection is so poor you may as well post your details in an online blog.

You are behind the times. The last version of Excel this applied to is now 8 years old.

MoneySaverLog

masonic wrote: »

There is no need for physical access if your computer is connected to the internet. However (b) and (c) make this approach reasonably secure providing you are able to keep your computer free of malware and viruses.

Edited to add: This isn't something you'd want to admit to your bank, though, because they could use this against you in the event of a security breach.

Indeed, my computer is protected by BitDefender antivirus and firewall and is automatically updated, My wireless network is protected by WPA2 encryption with a very long string of numbers, letters upper and lowercase and special characters, totally unguessable and as far as I am aware is the latest wireless security protocol. Further I have enabled MAC address filtering so only certain MAC addresses of equipment I own are allowed to connect wirelessly to my network.

As far as I was aware, and has been picked up already the latest versions of Excel cannot be broken easily.

gldubli

For savings there is no security, every bank, investment company can broke down... in europe the only insurence is up to 5000€, dont know the security for your country and money companys

jamesd

The standard savings insurance in Europe is €100,000, not €5,000.

jimjames

I found some excellent software called Password Safe. I use that in conjunction with Dropbox to sync my passwords to the different PCs I use, one secure password on the file and then each account can have super secure passwords that you don't need to remember each time.