Should I Change My Password? • Hacker News Board

Re: Should I Change My Password?

#81

Post by aw3c2 » Fri, Jun 24, 2011, 10:04 AM UTC

mostapha wrote: post #80

aw3c2 wrote: post #73

Terrible interface. I entered "password" and it told me "It looks like your passwords may be safe. No instances of compromise are recorded in this database. However, it's good practice to change your critical passwords regularly and ensure they are not re-used across multiple sites." Why did I not enter an e-mail address like the light text in the input box says? Well, I let myself mislead by the header image.

You know it clearly says to enter your email address in the input field, right? Of course "password" hasn't shown up in the database…it's not an email address.

Yes, re-read my last sentence.

Re: Should I Change My Password?

#82

Post by some1else » Fri, Jun 24, 2011, 10:05 AM UTC

If you ask yourself that question, you should change it.

Re: Should I Change My Password?

#83

Post by stingraycharles » Fri, Jun 24, 2011, 11:02 AM UTC

cli wrote: post #72

maratd wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don't get it. If your account shows up in their database, then they'll have your email + password + phone number + any other data you provided.

What he means is this: you subscribe by telling the site your email. Then, if they ever find your email in one of the publicly released documents, then they will notify you by email.

What if your email is the account being compromised?

Re: Should I Change My Password?

#84

Post by tintin » Fri, Jun 24, 2011, 11:24 AM UTC

I entered the e-mail address of my PS3 account. Apparently my password is safe...

Re: Should I Change My Password?

#85

Post by Tyrannosaurs » Fri, Jun 24, 2011, 12:42 PM UTC

bryanalves wrote: post #15

Can't this entire site be replaced with: YES

Which would be right bugger when you changed them all, went back to the site and found you had to change them again.

Re: Should I Change My Password?

#86

Post by Tyrannosaurs » Fri, Jun 24, 2011, 12:43 PM UTC

Bad news for bill gates (billg@...) but good news for Steve Jobs (sjobs@...).

Re: Should I Change My Password?

#87

Post by whatusername » Fri, Jun 24, 2011, 1:46 PM UTC

tlrobinson wrote: post #76

whatusername wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes you do if you subscribe for notifications.

I still don't understand. Why?

The OP comment was: "It'd be cool if they added an option to subscribe for $10/year for a quick SMS and email notification if your account is compromised. I'd get it for myself and my family."

To enable this - you are giving your email, password, Payment details and Cell Phone number. The site as it stands today doesn't ask for any of this -- but if they were to take payments and do SMS notification they would.

Re: Should I Change My Password?

#88

Post by grimatongueworm » Fri, Jun 24, 2011, 2:08 PM UTC

HN_Addict wrote: post #69

yaix wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lol. And if it does, the page will be updated to "Yes.", right?

Close - It will update to "Yup." The source code reads: if (!(typeof worldHasEnded == "undefined")) { document.write("YUP."); } else { document.write("NOPE."); } And, it even comes with a warranty: >

Very Steve Jobs-ish. Yup. Nope.

Re: Should I Change My Password?

#89

Post by grimatongueworm » Fri, Jun 24, 2011, 2:10 PM UTC

As a test, I took one of the email addresses from the list of Arizona law enforcement addresses that lulzsec just released (http://lulzsecurity.com/releases/chinga_la_migra_1.txt).

ShouldIChange site reports no instances of compromised records in it's db.

Re: Should I Change My Password?

#90

Post by grimatongueworm » Fri, Jun 24, 2011, 2:12 PM UTC

grimatongueworm wrote: post #89

As a test, I took one of the email addresses from the list of Arizona law enforcement addresses that lulzsec just released ( http://lulzsecurity.com/releases/chinga_la_migra_1.txt ). ShouldIChange site reports no instances of compromised records in it's db.

EDIT - I just saw the sources page for the ShouldIChange site: https://shouldichangemypassword.com/sources.php