BOP II Topic of the Week 7/14/25
BOP II Topic of the Week: I found this article about practical cybersecurity tips for adults over 50 that probably applies to everyone. My tip: Do not use 'PurpleElephantTango' as your next password but do follow the helpful tips in the article to create your own. Do you have any new tips?
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Interesting article, although those who are less computer literate will probably not see it. (Dang: so much for using PurpleElephantsTango ...)
Until a few years ago I had a "system" for passwords, which involved various groups and subsets below that. Ultimately almost all 90+ passwords were unique. But it necessitated keeping a "just in case" listing, albeit in code, of all passwords. I finally relented to a Password Manager to ensure totally random lengthy passwords for everything. And I use the Brave browser, which requires 2 factor authentication since Brave always clears cookies & history. A pain, but beats the alternative. I'll not go back to the 'try to remember' method. Have a good friend who keeps passwords on scraps of paper in a drawer. Gives me shivers to see that but she's unchanging in her method.
I'm not looking forward to the forced move to passkeys, but I suppose after using for a while they'll be OK.