* Posts by eaadams

4 publicly visible posts • joined 7 Feb 2020

We can't believe people use browsers to manage their passwords, says maker of password management tools

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Limit login attempts will solve most problems

We only need long, complex passwords, requiring password managers for some, to try and thwart brute force attacks. Limiting the number of login attempts solves this. Okay, if your company doesn't have an effective "Forgot password?" process this means employing an extra 50 people for the IT Support Desk on Monday mornings, but that is the price of security.

Spy agency GCHQ told me Gmail's more secure than Microsoft 365, insists British MP as facepalming security bods tell him to zip it

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AOL email account?!?!?!

And that's yet another UK education body under attack from ransomware: Servers, email, phones yanked offline

eaadams

Wow, surprised that your marriage lasted 7 years. As a VocEd and University IT and Security instructor I recall many arguments with arrogant IT sys people like you. They seem to think that an educational network exists solely to provide them with employment., not that they are there to support the delivery of effective and appropriate education and training. If there is something educational that the educators need to do on the network that could be compromise security then it is the job of IT to make it secure. Being fully aware of the possible threats we would provide workable suggestions, but these were often not implemented because after all we were only educators (despite usually having more quals and industry experience than them), the suggestion didn't fit into their work flow processes, and because it was just easier to say no. They had no idea who their customers were.

Fed-up air safety bods ban A350 pilots from enjoying cockpit coffees

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"Fate is the Hunter" anyone? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fate_Is_the_Hunter_(film)