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Posted: 6/8/2003 6:27:37 AM EDT
Some bastard hacked into my Ebay account on June 6 or 7, changed my password and e mail address, then put 7 plasma televisions up for sale.  I tracked his IP address to England.

Ebay got right on it and shut the auctions down and restored my account, but it was still plenty of a headache.

If you have a simple password (though I did not think mine was), or don't change it regularly (I hadn't for quite some time), do it.
Link Posted: 6/8/2003 8:33:50 AM EDT
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If you have a simple password (though I did not think mine was), or don't change it regularly (I hadn't for quite some time), do it.
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Good advice. You should use numbers, letters and punctuation in your passwords, but make them easy to remember.Some examples:

AR15.COM!
W0tmew0ri?


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Link Posted: 6/8/2003 8:44:20 AM EDT
[#2]
went ahead and changed my password.
Link Posted: 6/8/2003 11:31:34 PM EDT
[#3]
I usually make a random password like this:

'qwU#5$`!jeuEy#er'

Then I just save it to a text file on my computer with an easy to access shortcut on the desktop. I always print out a copy as well.

When I need a password, I just cut and paste it in and bingo.
Link Posted: 6/9/2003 4:25:37 AM EDT
[#4]
Very good program for keeping track of your passwords: [url=http://www.webattack.com/get/passcorral.shtml]Password Corral[/url].  Freeware - no cost, works quite well.
Link Posted: 6/9/2003 6:15:53 AM EDT
[#5]
the best passwords are ones you remember.

That .txt file is a security problem, like if you had a Trojan on your pc. As a cracker I would go strait for your password file...easy as 123= You are owned.
Link Posted: 6/9/2003 6:17:42 AM EDT
[#6]
Damn.
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