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January 02, 2024, 09:53:54 AM
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Happy New Year Everyone!

What about home renovations?  Or getting in contact with long lost family members or old flames?

I stopped doing new year resolutions and I treat New Year as another change of the year, if there is a need to change something I will do it right away, not waiting for a particular day to arrive before I change something, I call this procrastination if you delay taking action on something that needs action, there's no need to change my password, I have not changed my password ever since and there's no need as I have made it secured and besides we have the 2FA, its hard to create a complicated password and try to remember it.
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Pretty good post, pretty good idea.
I've changed my password in November, I'm good.
I tend to change at random times, not necessarily at New Year's.

And yes, I recommend long password with random characters.
My password manager, Bitwarden, contains a great password generator, making a great combination. I recommend people consider using such a tool, it's much better than using same password or one with same "base" or "rule".

Happy New Year!
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I can comfortably hand over all my assets to anyone I choose by just telling the person one of my passwords and my passwords convention and that's final.

If that's the case, I can imagine the password convention you use can be deduced pretty easy.  Just a few leaked passwords following your style could probably give it away.  Computers are generally good at noticing patterns like that and if you use the same kind of password convention on different sites, odds are some of those sites will have data breaches eventually.  

Using identical password convention everywhere is risky business and I don't recommend it, as it could put your accounts at risk.  If a couple get hacked, the rest might be vulnerable too.

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I don't like stress, so I keep my things simple and private

And, possibly, very insecure.
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 Passwords generators are a big no for me because its from a  third party and I can't guarantee my full privacy and security when its constantly used. It also leads you to store your passwords either electronically, or on a book offline, these two I don't buy its idea cos of the possibility of my passwords going into the wrong hands at my absence and I'll be rendered useless.
Almost all my passwords follows two conventions, one convention for my bank accounts, and another for my online accounts,  these no one knows except me. I don't write it anywhere and the only reason I can  lose them is if I lose my mind. I can comfortably hand over all my assets to anyone I choose by just telling the person one of my passwords and my passwords convention and that's final. I don't like stress, so I keep my things simple and private
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Isn't the Google captcha meant to thwart someone stealing your account.
I think only the people doing good business together here would need to worry about that.

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It is scary the way some people take the security of this forum as if it is their bank account or crypto wallet, and I must say that I have never witnessed such before in any of the many forums I had participated in about 2 decades.
It is for forum account security, not forum security if I understand to context correctly.
This is how it is when you don't read insightfully. I simply don't know the reason for this reply because certainly I am not in charge of forum security nor would 2FA and the password of users protect the entire forum by themselves. So, you may want to fill the gap.

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The frequent change of password might be good but I believe is on what has to do with money or vital information per se, not even when we are already blessed with 2FA as an additional security measure.

For this, I don't see myself changing this soon but rely on the 2FA in 2024.
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If you consider your account here is important, you will have to secure it strongly enough.

Because you can use your account for working, getting BTC here.
Your account, if compromised, will be possibly sold, used to scam other forum members.

Nothing is bad if a forum member is serious about an account security.
We lay priority on things differently as we are not the same, what you read was the way I see it, you might see it the other way, either way, life goes on. But trying to query my own disposition cannot work here. The information on this forum is not a private one, it is public, and this is not some sort of protecting my vital documents or assets. Is that the way you protect all your social media accounts and forums? However, it is a welcome development for me, after all, it is another layer of protection. I was only referring to how scary people in the forum are taking it in case you didn't understand.
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Happy New Year Everyone!

I've been thinking for a while now that it's probably time to change my password.  Then, when I logged back in I see 2FA is now a thing so I thought I'd make the suggestion that others consider changing their passwords.  Besides, how many times do you have your bank or email account (or work for that matter) "suggesting" you change your password?  Quite often I would imagine.

Set your password to ten to twelve characters - but not ones that are only found on your phone (otherwise you'll be stuck logging on on you cell phone)  - source a random password generator app and don't use words or phone numbers/birthdays.  (which app do you use?)

As to New Years resolutions - I tend not to make any but am keen to hear what yours are.  In the past, I've tried reading all those books that have been gifted to me over the years.  Read some of them, but not all.  Anyone make weight loss resolutions or quite drugs/smoking/vaping/drinking and fail miserably?

What about home renovations?  Or getting in contact with long lost family members or old flames?
I don't know about you but I think the new year resolution is something that is actually set up or done by someone to see to it that he accomplished or one on his weak part in his life and that's why many people have seen that the new year resolution is a something of must but their is one major thing though and thats the fact of if actually they can actually meet up and see to it that their oaths or should say resolution is achieved.

As for the password change I don't believe in changing ma password frequently be it any case because you might actually end up getting confused on the particular password used.
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I've been thinking for a while now that it's probably time to change my password.  Then, when I logged back in I see 2FA is now a thing so I thought I'd make the suggestion that others consider changing their passwords.  Besides, how many times do you have your bank or email account (or work for that matter) "suggesting" you change your password?  Quite often I would imagine.
There is nothing wrong with changing your password for bitcointalk account, especially if your old password was weak or used in multiple websites.
You should always use unique password for each website, and save them all in open source password manager, but always remember to make backup.
For additional security I would also enable 2FA in account settings.

Set your password to ten to twelve characters - but not ones that are only found on your phone (otherwise you'll be stuck logging on on you cell phone)  - source a random password generator app and don't use words or phone numbers/birthdays.  (which app do you use?)
Random password is much better than numbers and birthday dates, but you can also use passphrases as combination of multtiple words.
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If you change your password for the New Year to keep your account safe, you may want to do so. But I don't plan on changing my account password because I claim the password I currently use is strong enough. And the password that I currently use for my account has been used for many years on all other social media so I will remember enough and have the password stuck in my brain. And I definitely don't plan to change this private password in the future, but if I have to change it, I will definitely change it just for the security of my account. But if you are in doubt about your account password, it is up to you to change it for your safety.

Cheers
Happy New year 2024
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Happy New Year to everyone. I am against the saying that you make new resolutions at the beginning of the year. Your plan for life should not be rigid or dependent on specific years. Live your life and make your plans linked to short goals and set a general goal for every 5 or 10 years. Change your password periodically whenever possible or might be discovered.
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No, although it's recommended to frequently change passwords but i still  push how long and strong password combination is the most important.
As for the 2fa, the secret key should be saved to a safe place just like how important password and private key/seed is.

When I saw this thread title, I thought OP is suggesting everyone change their password. I don't think there is any need for it if your password is already secure and complex one.
Yes, we can configure the 2fa with our existing passwords to make it more secure.
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Happy New Year Everyone!

I've been thinking for a while now that it's probably time to change my password.  Then, when I logged back in I see 2FA is now a thing so I thought I'd make the suggestion that others consider changing their passwords.  Besides, how many times do you have your bank or email account (or work for that matter) "suggesting" you change your password?  Quite often I would imagine.

Set your password to ten to twelve characters - but not ones that are only found on your phone (otherwise you'll be stuck logging on on you cell phone)  - source a random password generator app and don't use words or phone numbers/birthdays.  (which app do you use?)

You don't even change the password yourself, you just woke up every year to see the rays of the sun.




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Let’s say you change your password twice every year, the more you do so, it’s likely you will find yourself confusing old passwords with the current one.

Firstly there is no need to even change the passwords every time just like you have warned, also forgetting the password or confusing it means the person actually relied on his brain to save the password. This is actually a bad way to save any password or any thing use else. Set a very strong password and then store it offline and every new year you can actually recycle what you use to store the password like washers or papers to avoid over written/destruction of them. This will be Better than actually changing the password. The only time when one need to change password is when you feel it is compromised or something like that
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How about making it longer and more complex every time you change your password?
I’m not sure if this is sarcasm or you’re being serious but I don’t think it’s necessary to change your password every year. If you have a strong password and you are sure that it has not been compromised, there’s no reason to create a new one.

Let’s say you change your password twice every year, the more you do so, it’s likely you will find yourself confusing old passwords with the current one.
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Happy New Year Everyone!

I've been thinking for a while now that it's probably time to change my password.  Then, when I logged back in I see 2FA is now a thing so I thought I'd make the suggestion that others consider changing their passwords.  Besides, how many times do you have your bank or email account (or work for that matter) "suggesting" you change your password?  Quite often I would imagine.

I have not encountered a situation when my email got hacked or I lost my email access. That is something, I feel is an achievement for, knowing how important this forum means to me, I would agree with your point about changing the password of forum password.

Set your password to ten to twelve characters - but not ones that are only found on your phone (otherwise you'll be stuck logging on on you cell phone)  - source a random password generator app and don't use words or phone numbers/birthdays.  (which app do you use?)

Thanks for reminding me what kind of length is needed to set a password. However, this is not something I was not aware of as I have been in this forum for some time now.

As to New Years resolutions - I tend not to make any but am keen to hear what yours are.  In the past, I've tried reading all those books that have been gifted to me over the years.  Read some of them, but not all.  Anyone make weight loss resolutions or quite drugs/smoking/vaping/drinking and fail miserably?

Good for you that you have a resolution as for me I do not care about such resolution. As I have been breaking those resolutions that were made by me  Grin

Happy New Year to everyone around here, anyone who is reading this reply of mine, I would say one thing you were amazing and you are still. Enjoy this day and do not come up here to write a reply Grin
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Change and update the password on your account with the beginning of the new year? Why not? Yes, man! This is a damn good idea. It would be advisable to do this more often, and not once a year (I believe many do this even less often), but even so, this is a good trend.

Is it time for hashtag #New Year = New Password? Smiley

How about making it longer and more complex every time you change your password?
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There is no need of regularly changing your account password if you can get a solid and strong password combination with any kind of characters including numbers, except your password is already leak or compromised then you can change password as you may want it but currently there is no need because 2FA is already available there to help protect your account security.
There are some people who aren't good with their password and kept changing it making their account history looks very messed up, sometimes it creates room for suspicion upon account and if it happens that you dropped or increased in your post quality then there is every room for investigation.
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It is scary the way some people take the security of this forum as if it is their bank account or crypto wallet, and I must say that I have never witnessed such before in any of the many forums I had participated in about 2 decades.
It is for forum account security, not forum security if I understand to context correctly.

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The frequent change of password might be good but I believe is on what has to do with money or vital information per se, not even when we are already blessed with 2FA as an additional security measure.

For this, I don't see myself changing this soon but rely on the 2FA in 2024.
If you consider your account here is important, you will have to secure it strongly enough.

Because you can use your account for working, getting BTC here.
Your account, if compromised, will be possibly sold, used to scam other forum members.

Nothing is bad if a forum member is serious about an account security.
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No, although it's recommended to frequently change passwords but i still  push how long and strong password combination is the most important.
As for the 2fa, the secret key should be saved to a safe place just like how important password and private key/seed is.
It is scary the way some people take the security of this forum as if it is their bank account or crypto wallet, and I must say that I have never witnessed such before in any of the many forums I had participated in about 2 decades. The frequent change of password might be good but I believe is on what has to do with money or vital information per se, not even when we are already blessed with 2FA as an additional security measure.

For this, I don't see myself changing this soon but rely on the 2FA in 2024.
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I have registered with this password for almost a year now, and my password is strong enough. So I don't want to change my password this new year.
Because password security protects your privacy completely. The private key will be safe if you keep it in a safe place.
Thanks anyway, Happy New Year in advance.
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