[Cryptography] Security weakness in iCloud keychain

Richard Outerbridge outer at interlog.com
Mon May 7 15:42:22 EDT 2018


> On 2018-05-07 (127), at 15:05:56, Ray Dillinger <bear at sonic.net> wrote:
> 
> Okay, point:  high-entropy passwords are hard to remember.  I cheat with
> both hands here.
> 
> I have a lockbox next to my desk in case I forget one of them, but
> mostly I remember some relatively simple passwords (long-ish, but easy
> phrases to remember).  One of them is special, and is not written down
> even in the lockbox.
> 

[….]

Yeah, I use a different PIN for every plastic card I own (well, their Issuers claim
they actually ”own” them), and to keep track I write a mangled (simple crypto)
version on every one.  Would I be liable for misuse?  Probably.  Am I worried?

What, who, me?
__outer




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