04-16-2010, 01:48 AM
This guy is just advocating that you play the lottery. He is only going to be wrong 1 out of a couple million times, but how would you like to be the one that gets their identity stolen? Sure, there is a very slim chance someone would get your password and use it to steal your identity. Probably slightly better than you winning the lottery, but not much. Wouldn't you rather take all the precautions whether you like to or not? Especially if you are dealing with information that should NEVER get out? I can't imagine a medical professional being OK with taking any sort of risk over their password if they have access to patient files. Or a government worker with a security clearance? They should be taking every possible security precaution. No matter how unlikely it is that not doing so would cause a breach.
I disagree with his opinion that thieves aren't going to sit 6 months on a password. I bet they would, they do it all the time with stolen credit card numbers. Many times it is 6 months or more than a year before the stolen card gets used. Same with passwords I bet.
I disagree with his opinion that thieves aren't going to sit 6 months on a password. I bet they would, they do it all the time with stolen credit card numbers. Many times it is 6 months or more than a year before the stolen card gets used. Same with passwords I bet.