RABid Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Quite a few times over the past several months I get the occasional popup from Safari telling my I have web accounts whose passwords have appeared in data leaks and an offer to help secure them. So I went to Safari setup and the passwords section. 136 security recommendations. Almost all of them say "this password has appeared in a data leak". Half are for accounts tied to email that I no longer have access to. You would think that every web site I have ever logged into has a data leak. I'm really starting to wonder what they consider a data leak. I'm also wondering about timing. If a company has a data leak are they marking any account to that company as "in danger"? And most of all, are they considering whether or not the encryption of the master password file was broken? Do you get these messages? Do you go in and change every password mentioned? Quote This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 No messages and I never store passwords in ANY browser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Heins Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 All my passwords are written down in a little black book Signed Bill Quote http://www.billheins.com/ Hail Vibrania! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 I'm the same way. I don't store passwords in browsers. I have them stored in an encrypted PDF file when I need to look them up. Another option is to simply "forget" your password often. Then you have to create a new one, and make sure you don't store it. Quote Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 7 hours ago, Bill Heins said: All my passwords are written down in a little black book Same here. Pencil and paper can't be hacked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delaware Dave Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 I've been using the Safebox tool developed by Guido Scognamiglio for several years. It has no direct access to the web. The passwords are encrypted and if you want to export or import a file of the passwords that file is a html encrypted file. I'm a retired IT guy and I trust it. Quote 57 Hammond B3; 69 Hammond L100P; 68 Leslie 122; Kurzweil Forte7 & PC3; M-Audio Code 61; Voce V5+; Neo Vent; EV ELX112P; GSI Gemini & Burn Delaware Dave Exit93band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 On 4/30/2024 at 8:24 AM, RABid said: Quite a few times over the past several months I get the occasional popup from Safari telling my I have web accounts whose passwords have appeared in data leaks and an offer to help secure them. So I went to Safari setup and the passwords section. 136 security recommendations. Almost all of them say "this password has appeared in a data leak". Half are for accounts tied to email that I no longer have access to. You would think that every web site I have ever logged into has a data leak. I'm really starting to wonder what they consider a data leak. I'm also wondering about timing. If a company has a data leak are they marking any account to that company as "in danger"? And most of all, are they considering whether or not the encryption of the master password file was broken? Do you get these messages? Do you go in and change every password mentioned? Yep I get lots of these as well - I change what I can but like you a lot are related to old email addresses... Quote The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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