Thursday, April 10, 2014

Regarding an Internet Security Compromise that you need to know about

Mr. Husband wrote myself and others today about
a security breach that is impacting a lot of websites that we use
everyday, from Google products such as gmail, yahoo, facebook, instagram and many others.
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Here's his advice that he agreed that I can pass on to you:


You'll probably want to change your passwords soonish.  However, I've read elsewhere that waiting a few days (and keeping down your login activity) would be better lest too much churn make the security problem worse.

And yes, you want two-factor authentication wherever you can get it (e.g., google, yahoo, linkedin, ...)

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Updated to add this link Mr. Husband just sent me:

http://lifehacker.com/5938565/heres-everywhere-you-should-enable-two-factor-authentication-right-now
and a link on how to do it.

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If any of this does not make sense, just let me know in the comments.
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Thus ends our Public Internet Security Announcement.
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You're welcome. :)

4 comments:

Martha said...

Thank you! ♥ And it's Great Lent, all the more reason to give more time to God and less with the internet...and we've got nice sunny weather! I should be out in the garden.

Lisa said...

Oh, good GRIEF! The internet is one of those love/hate things, for sure. :O
Thanks for the tip!

karen said...

I have two step and I'm glad!! Now to add the social medals stuff....thanks for the info :)

Elizabeth @ The Garden Window said...

Thank you for this!