Topic: Trust No One - page 13. (Read 161312 times)

thank you !!!!!!!!!!GOOD BLESS YOU !

I usually don't even trust my self

i got that

thank you very much

ok thanks

thank you for the help

Really Good info

with carefull I think there is no problem

I trust OP, he is a good guy.

seems a bit much!

thank you for the information

This all seems incredibly complicated stuff.

But then, I suppose with the nature of Bitcoins being what it is (ie: hackable), it never hurts to be prepared.

In any case, thanks for the information.

thank you for the information, im new to this and found it very helpful

Good points, but without trust trading with BTC is difficult.

Don't trust online wallet services, even Gox ... use Armory or another offline wallet, you are never safe on internet.

I don't know where I stand. Although I don't trust anyone, and the only time I'll actually use bitcoins is probably to transfer it into USD, from a respected, well known exchange. I kinda laugh at the password suggestions. The things you mention like, my "wife's favorite food, mother's maiden name, plus, plus, plus plus" is laughable. No offense to anyone who does this sort of thing, but personally, I see no reason for this.

Security is for "dumb" people.(Again, no offense intended.) What I mean is, the less informed, those who don't really understand what security is. First off, there was already an article on this subject about long passwords vs short password, etc. Some will create stupid passwords like "god" "ego" "ihaveabigdick" and expect this to be secure, and have the guts to complain when something goes wrong, so it forces companies like Microsoft to make required passwords insanely more stupid in order to fend off the stupid people.

What I do is this: Throw away accounts: Facebook, Microsoft(Hotmail), Google/Gmail, sites like that, get my simplified password, my middle name(13 chars)(I have two), or my last name(9 chars) followed by a question mark, because I'm forced to because of tinfoil hat people, and "security dumbdumbs". Where is my middle name? Not on Facebook, not on Google, no where online. Only family knows my middle name, or friends that happen to ask me. Though, really, middle names aren't really a discussion.
I also don't casually tell them that this is my password.


Secure, where I have the choice: One of my middle names(7 chars), 1337'ed. Question mark sometimes added for "security" as to not easily be "bruteforced", ps: Never been hacked, ever. Never have had a single account stolen, robbed, taken over, whatever in over 12 years being online, using the same exact password schematics.
 

I think we need some kind of trust service with trusted persons/profiles with their accounts. Some API magic there and it could be used in different services.

I gotsa some land fo' sale fo' ya in tha Florida bayou thatsa gonna be prime beachfront inna some few years.

Really helpful tips!

Thank you kind sir!

Very good! Thanks!
In an attempt to start buying and selling or accepting bitcoins...I've been signing up with some of these online brokerages or whatever they are and they want to know more about you than the IRS. If this is how things are going to go down...I think I might have to take my chances with the devil I do know versus the one I don't.
It's been very disconcerting and while I hope things get better soon, I'm of the opinion that this is going more towards a government type regulated way versus a pro-liberty pro-privacy way.