00:30:07 Stew Bruce: Interestingly, since Steve is a cofounder of Intel, his law may be co-related to the current cutbacks in employment at Intel. As transistor density increases, employment at Intel decreases :) 00:31:02 Stew Bruce: I read today there would be 20,000 people let go. 00:33:43 Stew Bruce: DDGGo is also a browser now. 00:39:07 Steve Parker: Does anyone still have a phone that doesn't tell you the URL first, then giving option to not use it? 00:41:12 Stew Bruce: Some time ago, I mentioned the mobile app Intercept X from Sophos has a QR code scanner in it. 00:50:47 Tom Trottier: https://gadgetpack.net 00:52:10 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Quandry of quishing https://grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-412/ quishing portion begins @ 17:20 00:52:17 Tom Trottier: ...and MS started tracking all you did for better ads 00:53:04 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: The reason Windows is free https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KNhHThIU84 00:57:05 E O'Driscoll: Oh no! I missed cookies...chocolates. I should have been there. 01:05:31 Tom Trottier: Using firefox install addin https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/don-t-fuck-with-paste/?utm_source=addons.mozilla.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=search 01:07:04 Stew Bruce: Various platforms will create a password for users. Was this not an option? 01:07:48 Stew Bruce: Apple does this 01:08:49 Stew Bruce: Agreed, Some folks take security to in idiot level 01:15:27 Tristan: This article discusses passwords and how long they can take to crack. It includes a nice table showing the impacts on length, complexity, etc. https://tech.co/password-managers/how-long-hacker-crack-password 01:15:55 Stew Bruce: If computers can crack a DNA code, I think the best password I could ever think of would be pregnant in a millisecond. 01:18:54 Tom Trottier: Perplexity says: Rainbow tables are precomputed databases of hash values used to reverse hashed passwords quickly, but they are only effective for passwords up to a certain length and character set, depending on the resources used to generate the table3. The effectiveness of a rainbow table is limited by the size of the password space it covers. For example, tables for all possible 8-character passwords are feasible, but tables for 16-character passwords are not due to exponential growth in combinations37. Publicly available rainbow tables typically cover passwords up to 8 or sometimes 9 characters, especially for common hash algorithms like NTLM37. 01:19:57 Tom Trottier: Salting passwords is the most effective defense: Modern systems use unique, random salts for each password, making rainbow tables essentially useless regardless of password length 01:20:31 Tristan: Using multiple unrelated words with number and special characters, is an option. If need something easier to type and/or remember. Example: Tarnish4-Privatize-Sarcasm-Prognosis 01:21:00 Tom Trottier: >14 charactersﾠ- risk Very Low 01:22:57 Tristan: Also remember to use Two Factor when available. So if the password was ever compromised, there is a second level. Though really annoys me that most banks don't have actual secure 2FA. 01:23:18 Tom Trottier: & short passwords 01:24:13 Coreen: Thank you. Remember to Vote on April 28th if you haven't already. 01:27:01 Ma Vo: has anyone used VDO.ninja? 01:29:54 KWG: Thanks everyone 01:29:55 E O'Driscoll: Thanks for tonight's mtg!