Be careful if you have a Word document with all your bank details in it

robatwork

I have 866 accounts in my password manager. 

Granted, a lot are for work purposes where I have multiple sign-ons to the same website for development and testing. But over 200 are for personal use.

I'm in the "set a strong password and don't change unless you need to" camp. Even so, some need to be changed regularly. The thought of doing that on a piece of paper....well I don't have enough time on my hands. And invisible ink? Too many spy movies. 

Sea_Shell

On my laptop, if I go to folders, my OneDrive is showing as having a red cross next to it and the folders appear empty.

Does this mean I've probably never set this up, and so nothing has been automatically uploaded to it?  

robatwork

Just to revisit this - I've just signed up to a website that was a bit of a new experience for me. It wouldn't allow me to paste in the "confirm password".  I certainly didn't fancy typing in a 20 character password. 

To make this a bit more on topic, I also noticed that Santander for no logical reason (but feel free to speculate or reply if you're from their IT team) disallow pasting of their SMS OTP into the website when authorising a payment. Also nuts. 

flaneurs_lobster

robatwork said:

Just to revisit this - I've just signed up to a website that was a bit of a new experience for me. It wouldn't allow me to paste in the "confirm password".  I certainly didn't fancy typing in a 20 character password. 

To make this a bit more on topic, I also noticed that Santander for no logical reason (but feel free to speculate or reply if you're from their IT team) disallow pasting of their SMS OTP into the website when authorising a payment. Also nuts. 

It's lazy programming. The sites are trying to stop automated login bots from trying multiple attempts to login. You can do it properly by examining other "inputs" (not just the data) to determine if an actual human is doing the pasting (bit like captcha but cleverer) or you put a blanket ban on pasting into the field.  

Edit : not from Santander IT team.