Re: Have I been hacked?
On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 12:35:00PM +0100, mrr wrote:
> On 14/01/2015 06:00, Bob Proulx wrote:
> >Trying to hide in an unusual username is obscurity not security. You
> >may have heard the term that obscurity is not security.
>
> Well obscurity may help, think about the man who loose his car key somewhere
> in an obscure place but will begin looking for it where there is some light
> because it's easier to see around!
And looking in the wrong place means you'll *NEVER* find the keys no matter
how good the light is.
> Said otherwise, the "black hat" may try to hack easy targets (with known
> username) before hacking you (with weird username), no?
In this case the "black hat" *MAY* crack the password.
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