XPost: rec.arts.comics.strips   
   From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:32:08 -0600, Lynn McGuire   
    wrote:   
      
      
      
   >My 86 year old father passed away suddenly last July.  He had EVERYTHING    
   >on his phone.  Which he did not tell my mother or me or my brothers what    
   >his pin was.  I am now up to testing about 50 or 60 pins so far.   
   >   
   >I am now the caregiver for my 84 year old mother who is not very    
   >competent.  I had to totally redo their finances since EVERYTHING was on    
   >his phone.  And many other things.  This second factor crap is worthless    
   >when you pass.   
      
   If it involves confirming that the thief holding your cellphone can   
   read a message and copy a number into their app, it's pretty much crap   
   now. If all factors are on the same machine, the thief has access to   
   all factors.   
      
   As to the problem: when I made my will, I put a clearly-labled   
   envelope in plain sight (think one of those plastic mail sorters on a   
   desk, with the envelope in the last slot). Inside were the various   
   items from the Attorney plus a document giving immediate advice before   
   the will is officially read. I also included my password and how to   
   find a directory called "LastWill" on my main computer which has all   
   the info and advice they could ever possibly need. Or want; I got   
   rather carried away.   
      
   This may seem to violate all security rules but the principle of   
   hiding something in plain sight  worked in /The Purloined Letter/.   
      
   This is part of the Really Big Problem: the only /secure/ computer is   
   one that is not connected to the Internet. To be connected is to be   
   vulnerable to attack.   
      
   And an unconnected computer needs no password. The entire problem   
   vanishes. But a lot of the usefulness disappears.   
   --    
   "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,   
   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)