On Sat, 6 Jul 2024 22:23:36 -0000, Stefan Claas    
   wrote:   
      
   >carson@percida.net wrote:   
      
   >> On Sat, 6 Jul 2024 20:27:00 -0000, Stefan Claas    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > carson@percida.net wrote:   
   >> > >   
   >> > > Found this page.   
   >> > > https://argon2.online/   
   >> > >   
   >> >   
   >> > Nice, but I would not use an online tool   
   >> > for generating strong password key ... ;-)   
   >>   
   >> Yeah, I should have mentioned that.   
   >>   
   >> Anyway - have you any idea how many, many online diary sites exist?   
   >>   
   >> How can anybody of average intelligence not figure out what a problem   
   >> that could generate?   
   >   
   >What problem dou you think it is when choosing a strong password/salt   
   >for Argon2id?   
      
   You mean using the online version?   
      
   Ha!   
      
   You just got to figure that anything you post online is going to be   
   archived.  Another pot of possible ruination are those online password   
   checking sites. Yes, I believe people do place their real passwords   
   into those sites.  Hackers must love those sites and  their archive of   
   operative passwords.   
      
   One can't drive themselves into weirdness over worrying about all this   
   Privacy/Security stuff. As Dirty Harry, put it: "A man's got to know   
   his limitations."   
      
   We non tech users have to know certain fundamentals and give up   
   trying to understand the possible peril in every exe or dll file. That   
   will drive us dotty. I try just some simple ways to do it.   
      
   Don't discuss anything online that's too private or too informative   
   about your life.  Let the hackers and gov't nazis skim through what is   
   little more than everyday drivel - which is what most of Usenet is -   
   except for the hate groups like those of politics, religion, race,   
   etc.   
      
   Watch out for the very personal matters you might search for online.   
   That includes even when using such "safe" sites as DuckDuckGo,   
   Startpage, etc.  A way around that - Tor.   
      
   Use Tor.   
      
   Yeah, there might be some gov't nodes, but you cannot cover all the   
   bases. Tor is more likely to protect you than not. There's no reason   
   your health problems or other such personal searches should be   
   archived on some search site or other. Such info disclosed to a   
   prospective employer might get you rejected. That is only one facet of   
   the many that could happen because of information archived from your   
   searches. Many hackers have personal information on millions of people   
   for sale. Employers see nothing wrong in paying for any secret you   
   might not be revealing to them on your job application.   
      
   I'm sure there probably is a better way than Tor, but for the non tech   
   ignorant ones such as myself, it's there for us without driving us   
   weird having to learn any tech stuff.  Christman did the same for us   
   with QSL. He *really* did a great job for those of us who weren't   
   inclined to do all that "wrapping" stuff.  Matter of fact, I doubt if   
   very many of the average users knew of "wrapping" or the fact of anon   
   posting existing.   
      
   QSL, it's simple name, simple download,  and simple installation   
   converted many of the merely curious into users. QSL was a Subject   
   which certainly filled apa-s for quite a while.   
      
   I'm not going to get into all the super cookie stuff or the   
   truthfulness regarding the claims of Security and Privacy claimed all   
   the Web browsers of today. All that  is beyond my ken. There is   
   another way I try for online protection. I mention this for the   
   umptieth time even though I have never had a positive response to it.:   
   Time Freeze.   
      
   What I always get from the mention of ToolWiz's Time Freeze is how it   
   is not the ultimate solution. (Tell me an "ultimate solution" to   
   anything.)  But it does put my C: drive into a type of virtual restore   
   mode wherein nothing written to the C: during an online session   
   sticks to the drive. Reboot, and the C: goes back to what it was   
   before the last session.   
      
   I offer the link only because the Author's site, plus many others, no   
   longer download the file.   
      
   Download from MajorGeeks site. (Author's site is screwed up.)   
   https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/toolwiz_time_freeze.html   
      
   I've been using it for quite a few years with no other AV or Security   
   stuff except for blocking phone calls to home with a firewall. I have   
   screwed up a couple of times with Windows settings only to reboot and   
   have Windows working again.   
      
   Another saving grace which most know about but might not use is   
   VirusTotal. Too many users are lazy or in denial anything bad can   
   happen to them.   
      
   So, for a non tech ignorant, I think I'm doing well. Ain't nothing   
   that's 100% fool proof, and I ain't going to go nuts trying to find   
   it.   
      
   Now, you'll have to excuse me for a while. I ran outta breathe. Yeah,   
   it happens even to the long-winded ones.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)