Bob Caswell - Latest Comments in MySpace: Emails My Password But Says “Keep It Secret. Keep It Safe.”

Re: MySpace: Emails My Password But Says “Keep It Secret. Keep It Safe.”

becca — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:52:14 -0000

Hey bob.
i have sent my myspace password to my email account and it has showed up
What do i do?
thx
becca

Re: MySpace: Emails My Password But Says “Keep It Secret. Keep It Safe.”

timothy — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:16:03 -0000

myspace safes to keep my stuff in

Re: MySpace: Emails My Password But Says “Keep It Secret. Keep It Safe.”

Tara — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:23:05 -0000

Hi Bob!

Re: MySpace: Emails My Password But Says “Keep It Secret. Keep It Safe.”

bobcaswell — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:50:46 -0000

Thanks for the tip, Louise. I keep meaning to try out and review PassPack. Maybe I'll get on it and actually start being more responsible with my passwords. Say hi to Tara.

Re: MySpace: Emails My Password But Says “Keep It Secret. Keep It Safe.”

Louise — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:27:41 -0000

Thank you. This is a question which I often ask myself. Why do I receive new/reset/ forgotten passwords by e-mail? And I think this is why people often confuse certain accounts with being ‘safe enough to store sensitive info’.

Considering it may be a bit difficult to get all the big guys to change their ways, we may have to work from the bottom up. Basically, when you get your password via e-mail, change it immediately in a safe place such as a password manager (PassPack) that generates strong and unique passwords, encrypts and then stores them in such a way that only you have access to them:

http://tinyurl.com/2rtbzw

And keep in mind that re-using passwords is never a good idea.

Louise Vinciguerra (PassPack)