[bars] Doug Bruce seems to have had his email taken over

[William Smith]

While 1Password _can_ be used offline, it's best used online, as it can then help invent and fill in completely random passwords, notify you of any of your passwords (or the services you use) being breached, highlight re-used passwords, and allow family sharing and cross-platform use (all browsers, computers, phones, tablets, etc).

If you are using it offline, you'll probably want to use mostly multi.word.passwords like countess.wry.environ.idealize.hurl (where that's allowed) and do the manual air-gapped copy/paste from your 'secure' computer to your 'internet' computer, though it's more difficult if you are using UA8uREf-yFGqkgRCdn2uF8vJhqvG6GZNsZBre3Tasq!nxu_CYdv8Z6!E2ExzVqhh.ZHwBcj.63.gQ3DrFTHds-KoovossqRxtcK4 as a password. 8*)

Unfortunately, it's gone from a purchase model to a subscription model at $36/year, but we use it on all our devices enough that it's worthwhile.

There are others out there, but I haven't used them, so can't comment.

https://1password.com <https://1password.com/>

Wilie


> On Feb 27, 2022, at 9:54 AM, <hgcsenior at gmail.com> <hgcsenior at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Great advise Willie, and 1Password you mentioned potentially is object of
> value, can you comment if internet connection to 1Password is necessary to
> access your files?
> 
> Hacking soon will be  more destructive, so I keep my important data on a
> computer which never sees the internet directly  
> 
> 73, Henry WA1VAB
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bars <bars-bounces at w1hh.org> On Behalf Of William Smith
> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2022 7:31 AM
> To: BARS Reflector <bars at w1hh.org>
> Subject: [bars] Doug Bruce seems to have had his email taken over
> 
> If you get an email from Doug Bruce asking for a "Favor", it's to send a
> $200 Amazon gift card to someone, don't respond.
> 
> Be careful out there, don't click on links in email, don't visit dodgy
> webpages, don't leave browser tabs open on FarceBilk, have good passwords
> that are unique to each service you use, have a password manager like
> 1Password to help generate random passwords and keep track of them and
> autofill them in your browser, keep your computer and applications up to
> date, yaddah, yaddah, yaddah.
> 
> 73, Willie N1JBJ
> 
> 
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