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Password protect a folder
What are the available options for password protecting a folder? I'm talking about requiring a password to actually access the folder, not just user access rights. Is the third-party software out ...
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Are saved Remote Desktop credentials secure on the local machine?
Are saved Remote Desktop credentials secure (loosely speaking) on the local machine? They aren't stored as clear text anywhere at least, are they?
Edit: I understand the inherent risks of saving ...
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forgot wireless password
If you have a laptop running XP that is able to connect to a wireless network fine, but you don't know the password it's using, is there any way to find it out so that a second laptop can also connect?...
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Password Protecting Partitions on an External Hard Drive
I'm looking forward to the suggestions I get back on this one.
Here's the rundown:
I'd like to have an external hard drive to use as a backup for my household. Ideally I'd like to be able to take ...
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How can clients easily and securely send me passwords? [closed]
I often need to get passwords from clients for FTP, SSH, MySQL, Authorize.net, etc.
What's an easy way for them to send me passwords securely? Maybe even without them needing a login/password?
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Password manager for multiple computers? [closed]
Is there a password manager that I can use on multiple computers, to remember all the passwords I use on the sites I visit?
James Magruder
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Is there a way I can password protect a dropbox directory on my work pc?
I use dropbox a lot, and I'd like to start using my Dropbox account on my work PC, however I want to prevent anyone else from being able to access the files in my dropbox folder other than me on my ...
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What is the Windows 7 command-line to remove all remember passwords in Credential Manager?
We can remove remembered/cached passwords via Credential Manager as here and via a command cmdkey as here.
I want to have one command that quickly clear all the passwords. How can we do that?
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Having no password on windows 7 log in physically, but with password through RDP
I am trying to make my main desktop be able to reboot right into the desktop without asking for a password, but I still want to be secure when I'm accessing it remotely. No one is ever going to ...
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WPA Password not remembered after a reboot
Every-time I reboot my laptop with WinXP, I have to re-enter my wireless password. I've looked but found no place to check to tell it to remember it. This worked at one time but I'm not sure what ...
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How can I give my wife emergency access to logins, passwords, etc.?
I'm the digital guru in my household. My wife is good with email and forum websites, but she trusts me with all our important digital stuff — online banking and other things that require ...
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I'm using Chrome and Chrome Sync; does Google have access to my passwords?
I've been using Chrome (and Chrome Sync) for many years now. Does that mean Google, the owner of Chrome, knows all my passwords?
I ask because I realized that Google owns Chrome, and also, it is a ...
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"Panic Password" on Linux
I run Linux on my netbook with an encrypted home directory (decrypted when I log in). One idea I had (partly from Cory Doctorow's Little Brother) was to have a password that I could enter which would ...
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Do end users need to do anything about the Heartbleed security bug? What?
I see in the news about the “Heartbleed” security bug. As an end user, do I need to do anything about it?
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Looking for a USB Thumbdrive / Flash drive encryption solution (not TrueCrypt) [closed]
I am looking for a USB Thumbdrive / Flash drive encryption solution. I have searched the net but I have never come accross a solution which meets the following:
Must handle at least 4GB volume
If ...
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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