[ale] help - how do I log into learnstreet without ...

[Ron Frazier (ALE)]

On 3/27/2013 5:39 PM, Brian MacLeod wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA256
>
> On 3/27/13 4:39 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>
>    
>> So you now have a zillion different web accounts that are TOTALLY
>> unlinked except that you use them. They all have a different
>> password.
>>
>> 53
>>
>> _separate_
>>
>> logins
>>
>> all so you can use lastpass and never remember any of the
>> passwords. Have you not heard of having classes of passwords? Some
>> really strong ones for banking sites. Some moderate ones for stuff
>> that matters but is not a crisis. And some "who gives a crap"
>> logins and passwords for stuff that is not really relevant. like a
>> crap twitter or gmail or faceplant account so you can access a
>> programming tutorial site.
>>      
>
> Well, I thought that sounded crazy until I tallied my account/password
> file, and came up with 63 different places I am tracking.  Now, I am
> not at the point where all 63 of those have different passwords, but,
> the account name and password combo is just about 1:1.  There are a
> few classes that have similar passwords, and I've actually taken
> opportunities as I do my monthly billing things to ensure I don't
> reuse passwords, because of recent low-profile hacks leading to major
> compromises.
>
> That said, though, I would think nothing of adding account 64, 65, or
> 253.  That's what I have the tool for, and so, generating an account
> for OpenID for the purpose of getting to a training site I am
> interested in using doesn't give me any pause.  That's where I am now
> with thinking what Ron is saying is a little unexpected.  He knows how
> to use the tool, so, why is one more going to hurt?
>
> Oh, and to further exemplify my insanity, most of the "password"
> entries in my files are directions to read a PasswordCard
> (http://www.passwordcard.org) that I have as an app on my phone, and I
> have a few printed copies of so that my wife could lay hands on it in
> case of my demise. I have been systematically doing the removal of
> password in this file.
>
> Paranoid?  Yeah, a bit, but recent events are proving that it could
> happen, and while I'm hardly a high profile target right now, there
> are things I am working on that should they prove successful, could
> make me a target later.
>
> And those are the accounts I care about.  The ones I don't (ie: I sign
> up for something that I'll use once), all use a couple of set
> passwords that are not part of the above set.  They get compromised,
> and it shouldn't ever have an effect on the rest.
>
> Even now, I read this message and I think I'm being obscenely
> paranoid, but I got here for a reason...
>
> And there's still are sites I need to change passwords on, or at least
> try to do so to see if they've increased the level of entropy I can
> introduce.
>
>
> Brian
>
>    

Hi Brian,

Quoting your post:

"interested in using doesn't give me any pause.  That's where I am now
with thinking what Ron is saying is a little unexpected.  He knows how
to use the tool, so, why is one more going to hurt?"


Just to clarify, I didn't care about having to create a new login and 
password for learnstreet.  I was griping about the fact that I had to go 
create an account on another 3rd party "social networking" site like 
google, twitter, facebook, or github in order to login to learnstreet.  
If they had kept the login on their own system, and, perhaps, given me 
the OPTION to use an OpenID site, rather than requiring me to, I would 
have been fine with it.

By the way, passwordcard.org sounds cool.  I'm going to bookmark that.

Sincerely,

Ron


-- 

(PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want to
call on the phone.  I get about 300 emails per day from alternate energy
mailing lists and such.  I don't always see new email messages very quickly.)

Ron Frazier
770-205-9422 (O)   Leave a message.
linuxdude AT techstarship.com