What is some of your Pet Peeve's

[Runner]

People who are occasional stutterers sometimes have trouble saying the first word of a sentence. Like me, after I get the first word out I am generally fine. The word "so" can be stretched out, kind of like singing, and it makes the next word easy to say. Remember the singer Merle Haggard? He had trouble speaking but not singing.

Maybe the rest of them are imitating us?

People even do it when they write. Stutterers don't stutter when they write, do they??

Sometimes I write "well" or "welp" at the beginning of a sentence, but it is just for effect, to sound folksey or whatever, this "so" business is happening all the time.

 

[bcp]

"So" is better than "um."

Bruce

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Yes, but "Umm" is better than "I was raised in a middle class home".

 

[DarkBlack]

A computer keyboard is a LOT easier to type on than a touchscreen. The only cellphone I have is also a flip phone, it's enough of a PITA to enter phone #s in the contact list, let alone try to type a meaningful message. I don't know how anyone who has fingers larger than those of a teenage girl can type on a smartphone screen.

Reading your posts, I thought I was on the “you know you’re old “ thread, till I scrolled up my iPhone and saw it wasn’t

 

[Jstpssng]

. Um, so... Passwords
A new trend seems to be "do you want this site to remember your password?" Doesn't that defeat the purpose?
Without going into detail, I doubt that a random generator could be more vague than those which I make up.

 

[ultrarunner]

City offices still using only virtual meetings in 2024.

 

[WinterDeere]

. Um, so... Passwords

Not sure if Runner will let this one go, or not. In your defense, you did interject "Um" before "so".

A new trend seems to be "do you want this site to remember your password?" Doesn't that defeat the purpose?

I see the "remember username" a lot, haven't seen "remember password" yet, but I suppose I will at some point. It's probably tracking you by at least two or three other identifiers, at least two of three which must agree upon your return:

1. IP address
2. MAC address
3. Cookie

I assume this is being used on low-impact sites, i.e. some forum about tractors, and not your online banking.

Without going into detail, I doubt that a random generator could be more vague than those which I make up.

Every time you get a notification about a data breach, whether it be Ticketmaster or Target, that data can be aggregated and parsed for patterns. A sophisticated password cracker will have access to this data, and start with combinations of birthdays, anniversaries, addresses, phone numbers, of you and everyone in your social network. For this reason, truly random character combinations are almost always more secure, than almost anything one can think up on their own.

 

[Runner]

Not sure if Runner will let this one go, or not. In your defense, you did interject "Um" before "so".

 

[JethroB]

Not sure if Runner will let this one go, or not. In your defense, you did interject "Um" before "so".


I see the "remember username" a lot, haven't seen "remember password" yet, but I suppose I will at some point. It's probably tracking you by at least two or three other identifiers, at least two of three which must agree upon your return:

1. IP address
2. MAC address
3. Cookie

I assume this is being used on low-impact sites, i.e. some forum about tractors, and not your online banking.


Every time you get a notification about a data breach, whether it be Ticketmaster or Target, that data can be aggregated and parsed for patterns. A sophisticated password cracker will have access to this data, and start with combinations of birthdays, anniversaries, addresses, phone numbers, of you and everyone in your social network. For this reason, truly random character combinations are almost always more secure, than almost anything one can think up on their own.

How do the crackers get past the three attempt or similar safeguard before a site locks them out?

 

[WinterDeere]

How do the crackers get past the three attempt or similar safeguard before a site locks them out?

First, not all sites have a three failed attempt lock out. But even those that do typically auto-reset after several minutes. Since it's often weeks or even months before a breech is discovered and reported, and because a sophisticated hacker will not the fail-out and auto-reset parameters for most popular financial institutions, there's time (often months) for many attempts.

All security is a compromise between convenience and fraud prevention. The access and lock-out procedures of my business accounts are far more onerous than those of my personal accounts, with the same bank. I suspect the bank has analyzed and determined that business customers are willing to endure more inconvenience, and the impact of fraud is much higher there, than personal accounts.

So, personal accounts remain less secure than they could be, a calculated risk on the part of the financial institutions, to avoid alienating customers and managing the costs of support. IOW, it's not free for them, when they lock customers out due to lost passwords and failed login attempts, and then have to manually verify and override ownership, etc.