Check and see if your ID password has been leaked. Jim Hamm says, "Here is a website https://isleaked.com/ that will check it for you. Five million were just released on-line." He checked his Gmail account but changed his password anyway, because more passwords and Gmail accounts may be released later on.
Temporary Price Cut for Password App
"In security presentations at PMUG meetings, we’ve often mentioned 1Password as one of the apps to use for password security," Past Prez Art Gorski reminds us. He then gives the good news. Read on!
"While LastPass is free and does a good job, 1Password has always been pricey. What you get for the money is continuous development and features that you can’t get in free alternatives. For example, the next version for iOS8 will support the TouchID fingerprint sensor and the new extensions that will let it work with many more iOS apps. Currently, 1Password for both Mac and iOS has been reduced in price." Note here that the price cut is temporary, but the upcoming iOS 8 version will be a free update. http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/08/07/1password-for-ios-gets-temporary-price-cut-upcoming-ios-8-version-with-touch-id-support-to-be-free-update
Warning: Gmail Scam
This warning comes from John Carter. Read carefully, and consider this: "There is another message going around regarding Gmail accounts that could be a scam. Below are the details. DO NOT CLICK ON ANY LINK IN THE MESSAGE. If you are really concerned that your email is being attacked, go directly to your Gmail account online and change your password there.
"The curious thing about the attached message is that it was sent on March 28 at 9:53 PM and the incident is reported as happening at 1:53 AM the following morning. Even if the message was sent from California, there is only a three hour difference between New Jersey and California."
Click to enlarge. Here's what the suspicious email says:
Password Breached?
"Here is an informative article on what to do if your passwords are ever breached," Jim Hamm gets our attention. "Also, there's a discussion on some Password Managers and several sites to check the strength of your passwords. If you do some testing don't use your actual passwords — use ones that are similar in length and complexity.
Jim explains, "Although the author, Fred Langa, writes for Windows users, this article applies to Macs as well."
OS X Mavericks: Hands-On
"Here is an article from MacWorld with comments about their hands-on experience with OS X Mavericks, to be released this fall. With various recent articles commenting on password security -- or lack thereof -- in browsers, read the section about a new feature: iCloud Keychain," Jim Hamm informs us. Scroll down about half way for that password security feature.
Do You Use 1Password 3 for an iOS Device?
More on Chrome & Passwords
Here's more from Jim Hamm on Chrome and Passwords adding to what was posted here below. "Recently I wrote how Chrome stores passwords entered via the browser in plain text, even without asking if you want them stored or not. As a follow-up, here is an article that explains how this was known some years ago and yet Chrome has become a very popular browser.
"Unfortunately, I didn't realize this and have entered passwords in Chrome and, yes, they're stored there in plain text. Google has clearly stated they have no intention of changing this policy, or even alerting users that Chrome does this."
So, Jim, what to do? "Of course, you could discontinue using Chrome. However, I like Chrome and plan to occasionally keep using it, but will no longer use it when I need to log in to a secure website with a password. I'll use another browser.
"Also, I will go into Chrome and delete all the passwords stored there. Do this by entering chrome://settings/passwords in the browser."
"Also, I will go into Chrome and delete all the passwords stored there. Do this by entering chrome://settings/passwords in the browser."