Do you get irritated with internet security features?

The password thing gets in the way all the time. "Password is not in our records." Well, get your damn records straight. I often run into this when I try looking something up on my iPhone. They require me to put in a password. I stopped doing it. My important stuff is on my computer. If I put a new password in for iPhone, then it no longer works on my computer. So I put my iPhone password in my computer following the instructions to put in a new password. Then I get an error message saying that password is already in use.
 
My main problems are remembering my passwords and typing then accurately.

I find myself using the ‘show password’ option more and more often.

I would prefer something biometric or unique to me that I could use for everything.

I can’t help but wonder if my boring life provides me with more protection than the various security features.
 
Aunt Bea said:
I would prefer something biometric or unique to me that I could use for everything.
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Does your phone have a biometric sign-in option, @Aunt Bea? Mine does, and it's been really helpful.

I don't get too irritated with internet security options because, as I've mentioned elsewhere here, my information was leaked on the dark web last summer.

I do get annoyed with VPNs. Whenever I use one, many sites recognize that a VPN is in use and force me to go through the whole CAPTCHA/let-us-know-you're-not-a-bot thing. If all these sites can recognize when a VPN is in use, that seems to defeat the purpose a little bit. But I hate to be tracked, so I still use one quite often.
 
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Yes, I get irritated with internet security features, especially 2 step verification and turn it off when I can. Sometimes that isn't possible. The one thing I do is run any and all unknown websites through a filter to safety check before accessing them. I have self protected myself that way and never had a security breach, and I've been running one Windows 7 laptop with no security system whatsoever for at least 3 years.
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KSav said:
Does your phone have a biometric sign-in option, @Aunt Bea? Mine does, and it's been really helpful.

I don't get too irritated with internet security options because, as I've mentioned elsewhere here, my information was leaked on the dark web last summer.

I do get annoyed with VPNS. Whenever I use one, the site recognizes that a VPN is in use and forces me to go through the whole CAPTCHA/let-us-know-you're-not-a-bot thing. If all these sites can recognize when a VPN is in use, that seems to defeat the purpose a little bit. But I hate to be tracked, so I still use one quite often.
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My phone uses facial recognition or a numeric code.

It may have other features that I’m not aware of.
 
Nathan said:
"Do you get irritated with internet security features?"
Yes, but hold that thought, I'll be back in a few to tell of my latest experiences with website login hell.
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In preparing for an auto purchase I needed to unfreeze my and my wife's credit profile. 2 of 3 of my credit profiles(Equifax,Experian) unlocked without much problem, of course they want to text a pin code, I'm OK with that, getting used to that bit of nonsense. TransUnion's website was not accepting my login in credentials, ended up calling their customer service, went ok, got the deed done.

DW's Equifax and Experian unlocked without too much grief, but TransUnion of course was again unexplainably impossible. I gave up, but I was thinking 3 out of 3 for my credit and 2 out of 3 should be sufficient..right? So we went down to the dealership to buy our new car, turns out the dealership only uses TransUnion for their credit checks. :rolleyes: One of the sales people gave me access to a desktop computer, I spent over an hour with "live chat" on TransUnion's site. Finally got the unfreeze done.

I don't know specifically what the problem is, but I'm wondering if my wife's credit profile had been compromised and produced a "red flag" with websites that deal with money matters, like the credit sites, Social Security and such. I'll be pulling credit reports shortly, maybe there'll be a clue to the mystery.
 
USE A PASSWORD MANAGER like OnePass or Bitwarden.

If you think fooling with security is a hassle wait until some bad guy steals your identity, runs up tens of thousands of dollars in charges on your credit cards, or worse, opens credit cards in your name, empties your bank accounts. And then you get to prove to the banks and people you owe money to that it wasn’t you. Have fun.
MACKTEXAS said:
Yes, I get irritated with internet security features, especially 2 step verification and turn it off when I can. Sometimes that isn't possible. The one thing I do is run any and all unknown websites through a filter to safety check before accessing them. I have self protected myself that way and never had a security breach, and I've been running one Windows 7 laptop with no security system whatsoever for at least 3 years.
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Not a great idea to put the above information out on the internet.
 
We don't have a lot of sites to access that require a password. The ones we do I wrote down the user name & password & keep it as a cheat sheet. Took all the hassle out of logging in.
 
Brookswood said:
USE A PASSWORD MANAGER like OnePass or Bitwarden.

If you think fooling with security is a hassle wait until some bad guy steals your identity, runs up tens of thousands of dollars in charges on your credit cards, or worse, opens credit cards in your name, empties your bank accounts. And then you get to prove to the banks and people you owe money to that it wasn’t you. Have fun.

Not a great idea to put the above information out on the internet.
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Thanks for your concern. [?] I'll be fine. I mentioned one measure I take to safeguard me from opening malicious links, and that is not by any means all the precautions and security I take of my own which I will not be revealing to this forum or elsewhere. I have zero concerns about my safety online.
 
Do I ever! My favorite recent cartoon is a picture of a woman saying "I don't know about you, but I don't have that many passwords left in me." On one site where I literally had to change my password every time I tried to log on; currently I'm doing battle with Netflix--after I canceled them and my daughter put me on her plan, they keep charging me.

And I just loathe having to talk on the phone to these companies, esp since their call centers are somewhere like Pakistan and I don't understand a word they are saying. I actually cancelled something I wanted after being unable to talk to them. And nothing is ever consistent across different platforms, and they keep "upgrading" stuff. I'm no dope, but this crap is not for the faint of heart!
 
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No problems at all and used to every new change. I have a few very hard passwords memorized I inter mingle sometimes. I chang my passwords often and update my equipment regularly. No one has gotten through or caused any problems in years.
 
Jace said:
And, 25 years ago....my boss.said "We're becoming a paperless society"..👎
haven't 'seen it yet'

more junk mail
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right up until about a year ago .. I would get sometimes 14 pieces of junk mail delivered along with my regular post from Royal Mail... it had been happeing for about 15 years, and even when I didn't have any actual mail .. they still put a handful of leaflets through the letterbox. I asked if they could stop, and they said they can't because they were contracted to deliver this crap.

In the last year I probably have had only one piece of junk mail a week.... to me that proves that paperless society is working... and the companies are getting enough business by spamming people online with ADS... they have no need for paper junk mail

Me?.... I have an excellent AD blocker
 
hollydolly said:
right up until about a year ago .. I would get sometimes 14 pieces of junk mail delivered along with my regular post from Royal Mail... it had been happeing for about 15 years, and even when I didn't have any actual mail .. they still put a handful of leaflets through the letterbox. I asked if they could stop, and they said they can't because they were contracted to deliver this crap.

In the last year I probably have had only one piece of junk mail a week.... to me that proves that paperless society is working... and the companies are getting enough business by spamming people online with ADS... they have no need for paper junk mail

Me?.... I have an excellent AD blocker
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Although I don't get junk mail, I still prefer to have my bills mailed to me. I still enjoy reading and holding paper.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
I just spent one irritating day dealing with security codes, and missing passwords. Yeah, I'm no computer geek, but I ain't that stupid, either. How can X not be my password, when 3 apps and 3 devices say this is the password that worked?????
Do you get irritated with internet security features?
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Social Security Department had me jumping through loops with all of the picking certain types of passwords, and then codes they send you to type in. Makes you want to stay away from sites like that.
 
I hate the current ridiculous CAPTCHA/ processes because they keep increasing the difficulty to login in order to filter out increasingly capable bots and scam sites that also makes logging in nearly impossible even if one is making correct choices. That is often by design, forcing legitimate members that have not regularly logged and might be bogus to phone in to customer support automated robot call center systems annoyingly looping around in circles. AI will soon make bots more capable than members that is why they are introducing new login processes like biometrics.

If just still using passwords, there are workable to recall solution strategies I've written about here with command prompt to store encrypted master password file listings, without resorting to pay for password services.
 
KSav said:
Does your phone have a biometric sign-in option, @Aunt Bea? Mine does, and it's been really helpful.

I don't get too irritated with internet security options because, as I've mentioned elsewhere here, my information was leaked on the dark web last summer.

I do get annoyed with VPNs. Whenever I use one, many sites recognize that a VPN is in use and force me to go through the whole CAPTCHA/let-us-know-you're-not-a-bot thing. If all these sites can recognize when a VPN is in use, that seems to defeat the purpose a little bit. But I hate to be tracked, so I still use one quite often.
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Yeah, as you say, some websites will not let you in unless you disconnect your VPN. YouTube is one. IOW they'll let you watch their videos, but only if they can track you, sell your info, or spam you. Well, at least that unmasks their true purpose.

What irks me is how some utterly inconsequential websites will cause you to use lengthy usernames/passwords, and then insist on sending you a code which then has to be entered on their page in order to access their silly information; or the dreaded endless Captchas. I see that a lot on some websites I use in my profession. As if anyone would really want to see or care about their material...:rolleyes:
 
Most public VPN services are probably plugged right into the NSA at the server on the "plain text" side anyway. What better way to winnow out who might be worth having all content scanned?

Bypassing region-locking is dubious anyway, and providers should be able to deny service. Ad blocking is basically theft.

If you wonder why we have so much advertising delivered in skanky ways, look right at those using ad blockers.
 

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