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Offline Weird Tolkienish Figure

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White House press secretary ‘tweeted his own password’ so everyone feels very safe
« on: January 27, 2017, 03:02:25 pm »
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Re: White House press secretary ‘tweeted his own password’ so everyone feels very safe
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2017, 03:05:18 pm »
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Re: White House press secretary ‘tweeted his own password’ so everyone feels very safe
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2017, 03:08:04 pm »
Hopefully Trump doesn't tweet the nuclear codes.
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Re: White House press secretary ‘tweeted his own password’ so everyone feels very safe
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2017, 03:20:30 pm »
Just a pocket post IMO.
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Re: White House press secretary ‘tweeted his own password’ so everyone feels very safe
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2017, 03:30:24 pm »
You keep your passwords when they can be butt dialed? Good to know - if I were an identity thief.

He screwed up. Not going to hassle him about it - everyone has done something similar, be it putting a password in a username field or hitting reply all instead of reply.
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Re: White House press secretary ‘tweeted his own password’ so everyone feels very safe
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2017, 03:36:22 pm »
Quote from: Cripplecreek on January 27, 2017, 03:05:18 pm


Passwords are notoriously insecure.   They rely on people who forget them and have to write them down.   Especially when you have 20 or 30 passwords.

Most studies of data breaches find passwords are a factor in the breach 70-80% of the time.   Its a mistake to assume the password is enough to keep your information secure.
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« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2017, 03:46:58 pm »
According to the FBI he can tweet out the nuclear codes or any other state secret as long as "they don't detect any intent to do harm".

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« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2017, 04:22:05 pm »
Quote from: driftdiver on January 27, 2017, 03:36:22 pm
Passwords are notoriously insecure.   They rely on people who forget them and have to write them down.   Especially when you have 20 or 30 passwords.

Most studies of data breaches find passwords are a factor in the breach 70-80% of the time.   Its a mistake to assume the password is enough to keep your information secure.

I don't worry about our nuclear launch codes much and despite my disgust with our current president, I don't worry about him with them either.

I know the codes change periodically and that it takes at least 5 people with their own codes (and keys) to launch a nuke.

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« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2017, 04:45:07 pm »
Quote from: Cripplecreek on January 27, 2017, 04:22:05 pm
I don't worry about our nuclear launch codes much and despite my disgust with our current president, I don't worry about him with them either.

I know the codes change periodically and that it takes at least 5 people with their own codes (and keys) to launch a nuke.

@Cripplecreek

I don't think he actually has the codes.   He has access to the codes but they are kept locked up until they are needed (hopefully never).

So its not like he has them in his wallet.
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Re: White House press secretary ‘tweeted his own password’ so everyone feels very safe
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« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2017, 04:51:41 pm »
Quote from: driftdiver on January 27, 2017, 04:45:07 pm
@Cripplecreek

I don't think he actually has the codes.   He has access to the codes but they are kept locked up until they are needed (hopefully never).

So its not like he has them in his wallet.

Bingo. Its probably a lot more secure than any of us have a clue about.
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Re: White House press secretary ‘tweeted his own password’ so everyone feels very safe
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2017, 04:53:26 pm »
Quote from: Cripplecreek on January 27, 2017, 04:51:41 pm
Bingo. Its probably a lot more secure than any of us have a clue about.

correct. I'm wouldn't be surprised if it is something similar to a rotating VPN token on stereoids, not just a number on a piece of paper he can pull out.

Of course, this is the federal government so it could be as bad as the nuclear code being "Password"
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Re: White House press secretary ‘tweeted his own password’ so everyone feels very safe
« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2017, 05:04:49 pm »
Quote from: Hondo69 on January 27, 2017, 03:46:58 pm
According to the FBI he can tweet out the nuclear codes or any other state secret as long as "they don't detect any intent to do harm".


But the press secretary is not going to have the nuclear codes.
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