DAG>  _lot_ of people that don't bother to use a secure   
      
    ...   
      
    DAG>  password don't bother to use a _unique_ password with the   
    DAG>  plethora of different sites that a person has to supply   
    DAG>  login credentials to these days.  Even the script kiddies   
    DAG>  (people like myself, when I was in my early teens) know   
    DAG>  this kind of stuff.  So when they crack one set of login   
    DAG>  credentials, they use the information in that file (your   
    DAG>  first name, last name, login string, password, anything   
    DAG>  else they can glean from that server) to check if you   
    DAG>  have accounts on any similiar, or even dissimilar,   
    DAG>  mainstream sites where lots of people connect to.  Poof,   
    DAG>  there's another handful.  What if one of those is your   
    DAG>  bank?  Follow the chains of logic and you'll see that   
      
    I have two levels of passwords. Those that involve money get   
    higher security.   
      
    DAG>  they can run off to a lot of other places as well. Doing   
    DAG>  that kind of stuff can make you end up out on the street   
    DAG>  broke and homeless.  Doing that kind of stuff can let   
    DAG>  people impersonate you and put you away for things you   
    DAG>  never did.  When you really think about it, the   
      
    Of course, one way to put a crimp in that is to hold the people   
    who accept those cracked passwords and give out credit cards   
    etc. If you don't see the person in person, don't give him a   
    card.   
      
    OTOH, I had a scenario like that, all they needed was my credit   
    card number. It was easy to show it was fake, and I lost   
    nothing, but closed out that card. Next time it happened I   
    called them to complain, and esp since the card they gave the   
    money out on was the one I had canceled. Apparently it was an   
    inside the card company job.   
      
      
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
   ... Look on my tagline, ye mighty, and despair! Ozzie and Harriet Mandius.   
   --- Via Silver Xpress V4.5/P [Reg]   
    * Origin: Fidonet Since 1991 bbs.docsnetservices.com (1:123/140)