On 10/11/2013 00:17, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-11-09 19:00:46 +0000, Nick Maclaren said:

In article ,
David Hill wrote:
On 09/11/2013 18:11, Janet wrote:
On 2013-11-09 16:40:50 +0000, Jake said:

Because I never use the same ID/Password combo in more than one
place,
I use a password manager - mine's paid for but there are several
freebies out there and even the paid for ones are not that expensive.
All I have to do is browse to location x and the manager
automatically
logs me in.

Can anyone using your computer do the same, eliminating the
security/privacy benefit of passworded logins?

You probably need a password to log into it.

Give me physical access to your computer for a very short while,
and (with VERY high probability), I could find out all of your
stored passwords. No, I don't know how for Microsoft systems,
but I know how to find out. Could I protect myself against
that? Yes. Do I? Like hell, I do. The only real point in
password protecting home computers is if you have children or
other people who you don't trust.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

I was talking to our plumber a few weeks ago. He told us of the sudden
death of a colleague's wife. She ran all their personal and business
affairs from their computer and he had no idea of any passwords. For
weeks he was completely stymied. Our plumber said he was in exactly the
same position. His wife does all their office work and he has absolutely
no knowledge of it. I told him that when my ex-husband died, very
suddenly, his widow and my children had the helluva job getting into his
computer as did the techie they employed. Because of this, one of my
children had recommended to me that I listed all my passwords and
attached that to the copy of my will kept in our safe. Sounds a good
idea to me.

I had a similar problem with my own company. My accountant of many years
went senile and started to make mistakes and he forgot to submit
accounts that he'd already prepared to companies house. I ended up
getting fined for late submission and didn't even know anything about it
until I received a letter from a bailiff! I switched to another
accountant, a young man in his thirties and within a year he was dead of
cancer and I was left in another deep mess with companies house. His
wife managed to salvage bits and pieces of information from his computer
but it was a complete nightmare to sort out. I've since dissolved the
company - it was just too much hassle and too many sleepless nights
dealing with companies house and all the other bureaucrats at customs &
excise.

--
David in Normandy.