How often do you change your passwords?

kagy

I am new to 1PW, so I've been very busy changing and logging all my logins into the program. While it's a pain, initially, once it's done, it's a jewel! However, I did discover an unintended complication in Quicken: all of my "download transaction" sites refused my new passwords because Quicken isn't updated any other way except manually! Now that was a royal pain, and makes me wonder just how often I really want to go through that. Next time should be easier, but still... Next day I found yet another unintended complication when my phone wouldn't talk to google until I gave it the new google password, and typing that 16 digit gobble-de-gook into a phone is another real bucket-list item I can scratch off now!



So, how often do you change your passwords on sites you really don't want compromised?

khad

Never. <img src='http://forum.agile.ws/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/skype_smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':-)' />



Once you are using a strong, unique password there is no need to ever change it. In "[url="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2362692,00.asp"]Changing Passwords Isn't Worth the Effort[/url]" by Neil J. Rubenking, he reviews a study by Microsoft researcher Cormac Herley that asserts, roughly, that by the time you have changed your password, a hacker has already used it. Additionally, unnecessary security advice to change passwords with any frequency "treats as free a resource that is actually worth $2.6 billion an hour."



You might consider installing 1Password on your phone (if you are using an iOS, Android, or Windows Phone 7 device) in order to copy and paste the strong passwords rather than typing them all in. I copy and paste my iTunes password from 1Password every time I purchase anything from the App Store on my iPhone.



I hope that helps. What do you think?

kagy

That's actually great to hear, khad. Thanks for the link, too. Now to work on those two websites I frequent that insist on a new password every so often - once a quarter for my work site, and twice a year for my banking site.



As for the phone, I have just downloaded the Adroid version of 1PW. It's a beta, and there are some bugs! Luckily, I do not use the "smart" part of my phone very much... my phone is, well, a phone.

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That's actually great to hear, khad. Thanks for the link, too. Now to work on those two websites I frequent that insist on a new password every so often - once a quarter for my work site, and twice a year for my banking site.[/quote]



Oh that's nothing, my previous job required me to change my login password once a month, with no reuse of the previous 12 months passwords.



[quote]As for the phone, I have just downloaded the Adroid version of 1PW. It's a beta, and there are some bugs! Luckily, I do not use the "smart" part of my phone very much... my phone is, well, a phone.

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Interesting, my iPhone is more of a PDA to me than a phone <img src='http://forum.agile.ws/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/skype_smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':-)' /> Anyway, 1Password for Android is being continually worked on by our amazing Android developer, Gene.

kagy

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Interesting, my iPhone is more of a PDA to me than a phone <img src='http://forum.agile.ws/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/skype_smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':-)' /> Anyway, 1Password for Android is being continually worked on by our amazing Android developer, Gene.

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If I had an iPhone my troubles would be over - and I'd use the "smart" part of it! As a Mac user, I can only dream of that day... sometime in November when my current contract expires! The interface between Android and Mac is a subject for another thread!

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[quote name='kagy' timestamp='1300206875' post='22479']

If I had an iPhone my troubles would be over - and I'd use the "smart" part of it! As a Mac user, I can only dream of that day... sometime in November when my current contract expires! The interface between Android and Mac is a subject for another thread!

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I can honestly say that I don't regret getting an iPhone back in 2008, I'd had other 'smart phones' before, a few Windows Mobile devices and a Nokia 9310i Communicator running Symbian, but nothing has come close, in my view, to what iOS has to offer.



Having said that, I do also have an Android phone (a Samsung Galaxy S) that I use for testing 1Password for Android, and there are some elements of the Android OS that I'd really love to have on my iPhone.