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If a "forgot your password?" page emails your old password, is that definitive proof that they have stored it in plain text?
When a site emails your old password, as opposed to requiring you to reset it on the site, I'm wondering what that implies about their security measures.
Does this mean that they store the password ...
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Is it possible for hackers to steal password stored in your browser?
I was just wondering if Windows XP passwords can be hacked. Then why can't a hacker just hack my passwords stored in my browser?
Is it possible for someone to know my browser-saved password ...
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Firefox's master password does not protect my web accounts
I've set up a master password in Firefox 3.6 but it's not working as I expected. I always save my passwords within Firefox for frequently visited sites like Facebook, Yahoo! mail, Gmail, Twitter etc. ...
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What are the guidelines for creation of a secure passwords?
What are the best practices to create secure passwords? I would like to make them tougher to crack with brute force tools.
Part II
Are there any tools that can generate these passwords so I do not ...
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Chrome Saved Passwords security issue
If I save a password in Google chrome someone else can easily see the password from
Setting -> Advance Settings -> Manage saved passwords -> Show (in required password field)
and use it ...
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How are Wi-Fi passwords sent to the router securely?
Maybe I'm just being stupid, but whenever you type the password to gain access to a certain Wi-Fi network, how is the password sent to the router securely? Wouldn't it be easy to intercept the ...
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Removing previously type commands at a remote server
I am ssh'ing into a remote server and then su'ing to root.
The problem is that sometimes, I have not paid enough attention to the console message, and I have accidentally typed in the root password ...
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Password management at an organization [closed]
In my company we have a largish number of secure logins, currently all stored in a single KeePass database which some of us share the keys to. We'd like to have a more fine-grained, identity-based ...
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Reset HDD user password, if I know the HDD master password?
The BIOS in my Laptop allows to specify 4 passwords:
(BIOS) Administrator Password
(BIOS) User Password
(HDD) Master password
(HDD) User Password
I just created the two HDD passwords. The other ...
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How do you unprotect the VBA macros for a macro-enabled workbook if you forgot the password?
I have heard myths about how easy it is to crack a VBA macro password, but haven't been able to figure out how to do it myself. We have an excel file at work where the VBA is password protected and ...
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How easy is it to recover a password stored in an application?
For the sake of easy use, I let the application to store my passwords. Several important passwords related to my hosting accounts are stored in Opera, Putty and Filezilla. I guess this might be an ...
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bitlocker with TPM but without pincode - how am I protected?
I want to protect myself from data theft in the event that a malicious person steals my PC. I have a PC running Windows 11 with a TPM chip. Bitlocker is activated and for the moment there is no ...
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Store computer/admin password in the password manager
I have two accounts on my Mac: a standard user account for everyday activities and an administrator account. I always use the standard user account.
I have a password manager (1Password) installed on ...
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