We finally woke up to some snow yesterday, it was heavy and wet and it really helped to use the snowblower.
I came upon this article on poetic passwords. The poetic password site will generate a password poem for you that they say would take 5 million years to crack.
On Monday morning son K found an email that was confirming his activation of a new cashback credit card at our bank. I called the emergency customer service number in alarm because he had done no such thing. After checking his online profile we were told it was likely just a spam email, not to worry. Whew, and at the same time we will keep checking his online profile just in case.
I came upon this article on poetic passwords. The poetic password site will generate a password poem for you that they say would take 5 million years to crack.
On Monday morning son K found an email that was confirming his activation of a new cashback credit card at our bank. I called the emergency customer service number in alarm because he had done no such thing. After checking his online profile we were told it was likely just a spam email, not to worry. Whew, and at the same time we will keep checking his online profile just in case.
11 comments:
Lots and lots of spam emails that look, real. Good on you for calling.
I am very wary of the spam mails, so many claim to be from banks and institutions, so they all get deleted, it's important not to open the attachments. Enjoy your snow! Hugs, Valerie
One of the best password creation tips I heard was to take a song you love and use the first letter of each word of that title. (Make sure it's a long title, though.) The example was "Knock Three Times on the Ceiling if you Want Me," which would be K3*OTCIYWM. You'd remember it and nobody would ever guess it. (Plus, in that case, it has a special character and a number!)
wow, that is scary!!
not the snow, lol,
about your sons spam,, thats scary,, darn spam!
You wonder at the time people have to spam us all!
A lot of those fraudulent emails are floating around. We really need to be careful!
Interesting article on the poetic password and 'novel' idea:)
Cyber and identify theft is terrifying. Glad everything is okay.
What a pretty photo of the snow. I am glad I don't have to shovel snow here in Hawaii, though.
Yes, do be careful of the scammers out there.
Oh what a beautiful photograph! So lovely! So many scammers out there, it's definitely important to be careful.
I just changed my fraud monitoring to AAA because they offer a good rate to their members. I'm keeping the Triple Alert for a few more months just to be on the safe side. This credit fraud nonsense is very scary.
It's great to see a photo of the lovely backyard and remember the cool picture you recently created with the same motif. I'm also always worrying about all these credit card crime and it's good to hear that everything is ok with your son's card.
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