Passwords are not everyone’s most favorite thing in the world, unless you’re odd like me, and this unfavorableness leads people to come up with clever ways to make passwords. One of the clever ways people come up with passwords is to use song lyrics, quotes from books, and common phrases. In this post, I want …
There has never been a more important time to protect one’s accounts from cybercrime, than ever before. Sometimes, a username and password is not enough, you need an extra layer. This extra layer goes by two-factor authentication (2FA) and it’s a huge help in protecting your online accounts. We have many types of 2FA on …
When it comes to secrets, the most popular version, and used most often online, are passwords. As people dig deeper into internet and computer security, they also learn about passphrases. You tend to see people learn about passphrases when they start using a password manager and need to make a master password or see them …
One creative solution that I see many people have about passwords and passphrases is to use non-English words and characters. The thinking is that mixing English words and characters with other languages will make the password harder to crack, and thus it’s more secure. But is this true? When you boil it down to the …
I’m a big fan of people using password managers, but I also suggest writing down your master password and other important information onto an emergency sheet. I suggest storing this sheet somewhere safe in your home. This is great advice and all, but what if you want to be able to tell if someone has …
I don’t know how I ended up with so many Yubikeys, but I guess it’s to be expected with how much I like digital security. As I was sorting through them, figuring out which ones to keep and which ones to give away, a question popped into my head. If I give Yubikeys to family …