Ok this is my concern.....not the content but the fact they have a password i use.
That said it could be they have a harvested millions of emails and sent out a phishing email.
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That said it could be they have a harvested millions of emails and sent out a phishing email.
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You don't have to. Just go to settings in your profile click password and change it there.
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Keepass https://keepass.info/
There are apps for android and apple too. I've used it for years and I know several large corporation that use it after extensive testing.
That was what was concerning me. I did not want to cause panic by posting in the open forums . It would not let me change my password. The reason it gave was my current password was incorrect.
It looked like my old password had been changed while i was logged in, but it had not logged me out as i would expect it to.
My concern was i would be locked out with no way of contacting admin .....
Just installed it and its not pretty...looks a bit geeky rather the GUI .but thats what makes it good to be honest.
It great to have it to hand and access sites with one click without needing to let the browser store passwords.
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Even if you can’t log in you can still view the forum as a guest and use the “contact us” option to email me.
That solely relies on your email client and doesn’t use the forum software like the PM system does.
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As an IT admin. I see this sort of thing daily. Whilst theres probably not much OP can do about the email. Change your passwords ASAP. If you're confident that you don't visit those sites mentioned and any video captured wouldn't be compromising to you, then I'd be inclined to style it out. Not sure what else you could do tbh. Either the guy will or won't do what he's threatening to do.
Going forward, I'd recommend using 2 Factor Authentication on everything that is important. Email, banks etc. Make sure that when you sign into important things on the net, you verify with something you know (password) and something you have (text message to phone or google auth number). That way it makes key loggers useless as they don't have the second physical requirement to gain access to your stuff.
PM me if you want any help.
Going forward, I'd recommend using 2 Factor Authentication on everything that is important. Email, banks etc. Make sure that when you sign into important things on the net, you verify with something you know (password) and something you have (text message to phone or google auth number). That way it makes key loggers useless as they don't have the second physical requirement to gain access to your stuff.
PM me if you want any help.
Cheees woz..
He cant...lol
Lets put it this way there is more chance of me winning the next round of the F1 grand prix and being called up for england versus belgium than him being in a position to do what he claims.
Thanks for the offer.
if I set it all up on my android can i transfer it to my PC or will I need to create duplicates on every machine??
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The password database is encrypted so you can put it somewhere accessible and share it amongst your machines. I only tend to use in on my phone to log into forums and a few other not so important so I have a version of the database just with the essentials in it and stick it in t'cloud. The full fat one I keep on my own network and laptop only. There is a synchronise function so if you do have the same database on two different machines but need to sync you can do that as a file or an URL. Edits to both databases will be merged. So you can share or sync, your choice.
