Comments on: Social Media: Is Your Identity Safe? http://mobilelocalsocial.com/2010/social-media-is-your-identity-safe/ Mobile, Local, Social and Search is here. It's one ecosystem. The future of communication is now. MobLoSo discusses these topics & other Tech News. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 13:32:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The numbers behind ID theft infographic | InfographicKing.com http://mobilelocalsocial.com/2010/social-media-is-your-identity-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-6167 The numbers behind ID theft infographic | InfographicKing.com Wed, 03 Nov 2010 00:28:55 +0000 http://mobilelocalsocial.com/?p=1772#comment-6167 [...] Is you identity safe on social media @ MobileLocalSocial.com [...] [...] Is you identity safe on social media @ MobileLocalSocial.com [...]

]]> By: Anne Haynes http://mobilelocalsocial.com/2010/social-media-is-your-identity-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-520 Anne Haynes Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:58:44 +0000 http://mobilelocalsocial.com/?p=1772#comment-520 Mike, I really like the phrase passwords because it helps with remembering when you change the passwords. For example, March drink green beer 09, April Showers Brings May Flowers etc. you can easily come up with a password for every month. I think I'm going to go down this road because you really can't be too safe. Thanks for your comment Mike and I appreciate your insight! Mike, I really like the phrase passwords because it helps with remembering when you change the passwords. For example, March drink green beer 09, April Showers Brings May Flowers etc. you can easily come up with a password for every month. I think I'm going to go down this road because you really can't be too safe. Thanks for your comment Mike and I appreciate your insight!

]]> By: Mike Burns http://mobilelocalsocial.com/2010/social-media-is-your-identity-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-489 Mike Burns Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:28:08 +0000 http://mobilelocalsocial.com/?p=1772#comment-489 Love this post, Anne. If you've read any of my stuff, you know this topic is near and dear to my heart. This is such an important topic, and any and every new perspective is welcomed. I once read a list of the 500 most common passwords and was pleased to see that none of mine were remotely close to any of those (123456? Really? people actually use this?!) One point I'll echo is to change passwords often! I've always advocated keeping a two- or three-digit string somewhere in your password. Each time you update passwords monthly or quarterly, you simply increment the number by one. Nothing is foolproof to the determined hacker, but this helps. Also, I suggest using six or seven obscure foreign words or phrases not in OED or Merriam-Webster and a handful of meaningful, yet not identifiable number strings. Using those in combination with L33t speak results in a "Very Strong" (or better) rating by every password strength checker you'll ever use. Great piece, Anne. Love this post, Anne. If you've read any of my stuff, you know this topic is near and dear to my heart. This is such an important topic, and any and every new perspective is welcomed. I once read a list of the 500 most common passwords and was pleased to see that none of mine were remotely close to any of those (123456? Really? people actually use this?!)

One point I'll echo is to change passwords often! I've always advocated keeping a two- or three-digit string somewhere in your password. Each time you update passwords monthly or quarterly, you simply increment the number by one. Nothing is foolproof to the determined hacker, but this helps. Also, I suggest using six or seven obscure foreign words or phrases not in OED or Merriam-Webster and a handful of meaningful, yet not identifiable number strings. Using those in combination with L33t speak results in a "Very Strong" (or better) rating by every password strength checker you'll ever use. Great piece, Anne.

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