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  • and I’ve seen “researchers” calling sending passwords over HTTPS “unencrypted.”

    That’s because the password is unencrypted.

    HTTPS will encrypt the channel and the data in flight, but the data is still unencrypted and anyone with a key that validated (assuming it actually checks for certificate validity) now has access to your unencrypted password. So yes, even over HTTPS it should be considered unencrypted.

    Whether or not they’re sending it over an encrypted channel, they’re still sending out an unencrypted password that they have no need for. Linksys has no reason to need the unencrypted password, and at best would only need a hashed password to accomplish whatever business case they’re sending that to solve. We have to assume that they’re also saving it in clear text given how they’re sending it in the clear as well.

    No password should ever leave your network unencrypted, no matter the data channel encryption. Anything less is negligence , and the vendor should not be trusted.



  • I wonder if this an example of a trade-off between convenience and security.

    I genuinely wonder if it’s advisable to not use MFA at all if the factors will not be separated. Or, perhaps, the best security solution is the one you’ll actually use

    Your first and last statements are correct. Using your password manager as your MFA is a trade off with security and convenience, but that added convenience helps make it more usable so you actually use it. Anything is a trade up for most peoples’ awful password hygiene, so the trade off is worth it in my opinion.

    Regarding the advisability of combining password and MFA into one platform: while you are lowering the overall security of your accounts, if you secure the main account with a long/strong password and a hardware security key, I would say that’s still more secure than not having 2FA enabled or not using secure passwords.





  • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldIroning
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    19 days ago

    I have a tailored suit in my closet, but there’s no way in fuck I’m showing up to work in that suit or any other suit.

    For one, I work from home and I want to actually be comfortable. For two, if I was going into the office, I would ruin it at some point crawling under desks and behind racks and shit.




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    19 days ago

    Casual clothes killed most ironing but ain’t nobody showing up in a wrinkled suit.

    Unless you’re upper management or going to a wedding/funeral/formal event, why would you even wear a suit? In the last decade I’ve worn my suit 3 or 4 times in the last decade, and they were all weddings or funerals.







  • I was just telling my partners yesterday that I knew we were getting old, because all the restaurants we’ve gone to recently are playing music we grew up and came of age listening to. On one hand its nice to hear stuff I actually enjoy listening to. On the other, that just means I can start to feel the stale breath of the reaper on the back of my neck.