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What happens when you lose your laptop or netbook or whatever handy device you use to browse the web? Are you then leaving it to the OS login screen to protect everything? I d rather have passwords I remember in my head. If I forget often, I click the reset button/forgot your password. Whats more, I generally visit important places more often than unimportant ones, so I wont forget my important passwords. Also, start using sites like mint.com. Instead of logging into your bank account, log into mint to check balance and expenditures.

Lets face it, none of this is every gonna keep you totally out of trouble. If you re so paranoid (aka my security professor at school), shut all your online accounts down.



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