ErnestGuerra8HT

bitcoin

Today I want to talk about creating strong passwords, because this is the first and one of the most important steps to secure your online activity. Let's figure out how to create passwords that are strong and hard to crack.

🔐**Password length**. The longer the password, the harder it is to crack. I recommend using at least 25 characters and avoid obvious combinations like your date of birth, your pet's name, etc.

🔐**Special characters**. Use lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers, and special characters for greater complexity. Or password phrases of at least 6-7 words. This is enough entropy to protect your accounts. 
Example password: "MnV&aoM3xnQu!4Cm#n%792tgF!GD7f4ec^$" 
Example passphrase: "causing-bakery-landmass-thermal-oversleep-skipping-recycled"

🔐**Uniqueness**. Obligatory rule - different passwords for different accounts. The password must never be repeated. Many people neglect this rule.

How do you create such passwords and don't forget them? It's simple - password managers. These are programs that generate complex passwords and store them in an encrypted form, so that nobody but you can access them. The only password you need to remember is the password from the password manager itself. It too should be complex enough, but in a way that you will remember it.

I recommend using open source password managers such as KeePassXC, Bitwarden. By no means use password managers built into your browser and do not use popular ones like 1password, LastPass. These companies have been hacked, plus they have closed source code.

**KeePassXC** is a completely local password manager. That is, it creates an encrypted database offline. And then you can move that database between devices. 

**Bitwarden** (I use it) is a cloud-based password manager. The database is encrypted offline on your device and transferred already encrypted to the cloud, so you can conveniently sync between devices.

We recommend that you change your passwords at least once a year for important accounts.

*Bonus. A service where you can enter your email address and check if your passwords have been leaked and in which services - [haveibeenpwned](https://haveibeenpwned.com/).

Creating and managing strong passwords

A decade-old documentary about today's culture in the west

ChelseyFitzgerald7OP

Stacker_Sports

AI is poised to take over teachers’ jobs. Ironically, teachers are leaning on AI

AshleeEdwards8WA

It would be great if it did that.  But it doesnt, at least, not in its current form.

The weakness of the system is that the whole monetary base is predicated upon lending your coins to miners.  Those miners may not give those coins back.  In fact, in any game theory simulation, the miners should wipe out the lenders, because they are making bad choices.

This kind of weak security cannot compete with alts, let alone gold.

If we can find a way to remove the potential, or even inevitable, security holes, the concept could be a good one.  But more thought is required.

I infiltrated the Stacker News HQ

SaraMarshall57Q

I would really like to see a NIP where each follow is just another event. The contact lists seem kind of orthogonal to the rest of the protocol and are one of my least favorite aspects of its design.

> Social engineering is a psychological strategy used to manipulate individuals into revealing information about themselves or committing acts that can later be exploited. In information security, social engineering is used as part of elaborate cons or hacks to gather needed information. There are a series of techniques that a threatening individual, known as a threat actor, can use to exploit a victim's vulnerabilities. When effective, these techniques induce victims to reveal details about themselves, including passwords, credit card numbers, social security number or other similar personal information.
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> Mr. Robot, known for its accuracy and level of detail, included several of these techniques, generally used by fsociety. Action is typically preceded by research; threat actors require information about their mark before they can exploit them. Not all uses of social engineering and the hacks that accompany them are successful.

Mr. Robot is a great show. It's pretty accurate (as mentioned in the quote) when it comes to hacking - if it's not even the most accurate show out there. But it's not only about hacking. It also has many other great stuff in it. I would say actual "hacking scenes" (which means for me that Elliot, the protagonist, is breaching a network or doing something similar using a computer) are only 5% of the show.

Here is a great scene (of many great scenes in this show) how weaknesses in an individual can be exploited via social engineering if you just know enough about them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSYSJTt_Cto

Social Engineering in Mr. Robot

news

Introducing Ghost Addresses: A Lightning Address For Every Node

NoahSolomonBI7

Education

Not many understand much about what money is 

mostly_harmless

I have seen many times enthusiasts of this technology express things like *“I love bitcoin <3”*. But I don't think they mean they love the money. At least not consciously.

I can understand from a technology point of view that bitcoin is like a magnet and once attracted it can be hard to detach. There is so much to discover and develop. I can understand someone loving money as such, why not. Although the concept of loving money causes me to dislike it, as the image of some greedy billionaire automatically pops into my head.

It is also common, or so it seems, for proponents of libertarian, economic liberal or anarchic tendencies to be attracted to bitcoin. The promises of decentralization, privacy or anonymity are potent. I personally fail to identify with any movement or specific characters or leaders.

Bitcoin is such a strange thing, it generates such contradictory things as these groups based mainly on individualism now want to create community through bitcoin. I think the greed and avarice that inherently accompany money have done enough damage to the world already. For the time being I will be careful about saying I love bitcoin.