Stealing internet passwords

@ronney47 (109)
Nepal
March 29, 2007 11:49pm CST
Stealing internet passwords had never been so easy before, before our team really started to investigate on the possibilities and methods. Our team has revealed that 90% of passwords are stolen merely by social engineering and using simple tools. What do you think? Is your password secure???
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17 responses
Riptide
@Riptide (2756)
• United States
30 Mar 07
Yes I do. The important thing is, to have a combination of numbers, upper case and lowercase letters. Also never reply to an e-mail that asks for information like a password.
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ronney47
@ronney47 (109)
• Nepal
1 Apr 07
But, what if someone plants a key logger in ur machine.
th3st1ck
@th3st1ck (4)
• United States
13 Apr 08
Antivirus? As long as you are smart, and don't download random things you will be fine.
jjm001
@jjm001 (48)
• India
30 Mar 07
yes.....obviously my password is secured ! I trust 100% to the site like paypal, gmail, orkut, mylot, etc........
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ronney47
@ronney47 (109)
• Nepal
1 Apr 07
yes, I also trust 100% to those sites, but I don't trust people around me.
jjm001
@jjm001 (48)
• India
30 Mar 07
yessssss
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beaniegdi
@beaniegdi (1964)
•
30 Mar 07
You do have to be careful and there are people who will email you to try to get personal details including passwords. Although it can be easy to always use the same password on different sites, it is possible that you cn use it where the site owner is not very honest and then they have your password.
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juliaandrea_a
@juliaandrea_a (349)
• Philippines
30 Mar 07
I haven't think of that before but now I'm afraid that my passwords are not safe. I might lose personal information and my privacy. So thanks for your info I'll change my password just like what the other said in his response.
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ronney47
@ronney47 (109)
• Nepal
1 Apr 07
Yes, I think the best way to counter password theft is to change it frequently and not use it in public places. Also, in emails, alternate email address should be checked. Sometimes, the attacker modifies the alternate email address, so that everytime the password is changed, it gets mailed to them.
dragon11
@dragon11 (5)
• China
30 Mar 07
my QQ`s number was even steal last year!it take losed a lot of my good freids. since let`s me important things that my pssswords protect.
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anup12
@anup12 (4177)
• India
30 Mar 07
I think yes my password is very secure.I do not have any problem.I change it frequently also.
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nufoundglory
@nufoundglory (1353)
• Serbia And Montenegro
1 Apr 07
You said "our team"?? And who is this team of yours really? I'm more eager in knowing that than other thing that you said there.
mariyamaka
@mariyamaka (931)
• India
24 Apr 07
I trust only sites which are trustworthy.. like gmail,orkut and etc etc!! i guess this sites are safe enough! and even mylot is safe in my opinion.
ronney47
@ronney47 (109)
• Nepal
24 Apr 07
Yeah, you are right. They are the very trustworthy on the internet. You have to be careful only when you try to see othe r websites.
ferdzNK
@ferdzNK (3211)
• Philippines
30 Apr 08
I don't think my password is secure, but I haven't got any problem with it. I am very selective of site I visit plus script blocker on my browser, simple regularly updated antivirus and a simple firewall.
9w2whi
@9w2whi (108)
• Malaysia
31 Mar 07
they never tired of stealing others password. i'm not sure mine is safe. thats why i've gonna change it regularly
aseru48
@aseru48 (173)
• United States
24 Apr 07
It always depends how well it is protected.
arunsonnet
@arunsonnet (111)
• India
24 Apr 07
I think mine is secure as i use a combination of numbers and letters and lenthy ones so that no one could break into my a/c.
mnsrwt123
@mnsrwt123 (2057)
• India
1 Apr 08
yeah, my password is damm secure and nobody can track my password as its something differ lol, and only mylot admin knows exactly what the passwrod is...lol
tess1960
@tess1960 (2385)
• United States
31 Mar 07
I hope your TEAM is not considering stealing passwords to prove a point.
tanjila
@tanjila (548)
• United States
31 Mar 07
Yeah, I've never had a problem with my password. I have variations of it, and no one could know what it was, it's pretty random.
abhilashrocks
@abhilashrocks (102)
• India
31 Mar 07
I use a lengthy password and more often i change my password.This helps keep my password secure.