If someone hacks your password, you can change it - as many times as you want. You can't change your fingerprints. You have only ten of them. And you leave them on everything you touch; they are definitely not a secret.
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You can't change your fingerprints. You have only ten of them. And you leave them on everything you touch; they are definitely not a secret.
If someone hacks your password, you can change it - as many times as you want.
If you depend on a secret for your security, what do you do when the secret is discovered? If it is easy to change, like a cryptographic key, you do so. If it's hard to change, like a cryptographic system or an operating system, you're stuck. You will be vulnerable until you invest the time and money to design another system.
Too many people don't protect their smartphones with a password or PIN. I anticipate that Apple's fingerprint reader will in fact make iPhone 5S owners more likely to secure their smartphones.
Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.
I spend a fair amount of time on my computer, but I don't hack into anything. I have to open the manual and follow instructions.
It's actually a smarter crime because imagine if you rob a bank, or you're dealing drugs. If you get caught you're going to spend a lot of time in custody. But with hacking, it's much easier to commit the crime and the risk of punishment is slim to none.
Weak passwords are a crook's best friend. Make yours long and complex, and change them often - not just on your bank account but on your email and social media, too.
But of course it's always gonna be Suicide, our fingerprints, ya know? You can't ever get rid of that.
Updating passwords and changing them all the time is something I'm involved in.