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Pomplamoose + Mashable = awesome
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| pomplamoose (Photo credit: reidspice) |
kthanxbai!
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Showing posts with label Gmail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gmail. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
More Pomplamoose Magic
Back in November (yeah 2013, that seems so long ago doesn't it?) I wrote about Pomplamoose's latest music video so imagine my surprise when hi-tech guru site Mashable blogged about Pomplamoose's next video which I hadn't even seen yet!
Pomplamoose + Mashable = awesome
kthanxbai!
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Pomplamoose + Mashable = awesome
kthanxbai!
Jumblerant
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Password Puzzle
mail, local banking, original bank account, work computer, work email, Google Analytics, AdWords, Webmaster tools, LinkedIn general, LinkedIn Ads, Facebook. CMS as work.
Gmail. iTunes. Office WiFi. Car.
Just a few of the passwords / pass codes that I need to remember in my every day life.
Between you and me (please don't tell the world) the majority of access passwords are written down on scraps of paper and then pinned to my wall, that way, if someone wants to break into my Google Ads account then not only do they need to have an insane desire to do so, but they need to be in my office too!
Generic passwords are not my thing. Using 'Password' as a password seems a bit silly to me. Phone numbers mixed with dates or names are probably the best way to go. Or zip codes.
So here is a nearly plausible scenario about a standard recovery password.
Enjoy!
kthanxbai!
Jumblerant
Gmail. iTunes. Office WiFi. Car.
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| Password (game show) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Just a few of the passwords / pass codes that I need to remember in my every day life.
Between you and me (please don't tell the world) the majority of access passwords are written down on scraps of paper and then pinned to my wall, that way, if someone wants to break into my Google Ads account then not only do they need to have an insane desire to do so, but they need to be in my office too!
Generic passwords are not my thing. Using 'Password' as a password seems a bit silly to me. Phone numbers mixed with dates or names are probably the best way to go. Or zip codes.
So here is a nearly plausible scenario about a standard recovery password.
Enjoy!
kthanxbai!
Jumblerant
Sunday, July 1, 2012
How Not To Get Hacked
I just received a direct message on twitter from a
chap I've known for 25 years. I know it wasn't from him. He's in a
different time zone so I haven't called hi yet, but I KNOW his account has been
hacked.
It is not nice, it
is somewhat scary, so here are the main ways that will protect you from getting
hacked;
1. Use A Strong
Password
No, 'password' is
no longer the most prevalent password out there, but apparently '123456' is.
Quite sad really.
A very strong password should ideally include random upper and
lowercase numbers and symbols but the latest articles I read about this state
that the best password must have a 4 word based password. Quite complex to
create but once done, is basically impossible to break.
In order to create an unforgettable password it is suggested that
you look around your workplace for inspiration.
An example might be ‘telephoneWhiteOutiPhonemouse’ or in the case of the chap in the cubicle above, 'filefileboxpen'
A memorable phrase
Take a memorable phrase and use the first letter of every word varying
he cases. I would use something such as “Do you feel lucky punk?” and convert
it into “DyFlP?”
I would consider adding numbers at the end to further confuse
hackers thus creating the best password ever on the planet “DyFlP2012”. So
please don’t tell anyone…
2.
Upgrade Microsoft Windows or Mac OS X
Older
software simply means that the hacker has had a longer time to work out where
the ‘backdoors’ are in the software. Updated software has patches for these
issues.
3.
Install Modern Wed Browsers
Que?
What you talking about Willis? What the puck is a web browser? In simple talk,
a web browser is what you use to visit Facebook, Gmail and Boobies.
4.
Use a password manager software such as RoboForm
or kaspersky or you
can look at a review of 10 different password manager software platforms here
5.
Write down your passwords! A colleague
of mine just lost access to his Gmail account. The account he uses for accessing
google Analytics. Its not the end of the world and only data can be stolen,
nothing can be changed, but the hoops he (and I ) are going through to get it
sorted out are quite time consuming
kthanxbai!
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