Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

There is no such thing as perfect security, only varying levels of insecurity.

Choosing a hard-to-guess, but easy-to-remember password is important!

Weak passwords are a crook's best friend. Make yours long and complex, and change them often - not just on your bank account but on your email and social media, too.

Cloud computing is a challenge to security, but one that can be overcome.

If you don't treat [computer and Internet] security like a religious fanatic, you are going to be hurt like you can't imagine.

Updating passwords and changing them all the time is something I'm involved in.

Work on a computer that is disconnected from the ­internet.

In computer circles, any unencrypted data is known as 'cleartext.'

Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.

If you do write down your passwords, don't make it obvious which password corresponds to which account. Even better, write the passwords incorrectly and make up an easy rule for fixing them. You could decide to add 1 to each number in your password, so that 2x6Y is written as 3x7Y.

Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers - organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative - if we don't solve these security problems, then people will hold back.

After all, just one virus on a computer is one too many.

Companies spend millions of dollars on firewalls, encryption, and secure access devices and it's money wasted because none of these measures address the weakest link in the security chain: the people who use, administer, operate and account for computer systems that contain protected information.

Penetrating a company's security often starts with the bad guy obtaining some piece of information that seems so innocent, so everyday and unimportant, that most people in the organization don't see any reason why the item should be protected and restricted.

If you still use 'admin' as a username on your blog, change it.

If someone hacks your password, you can change it - as many times as you want. You can't change your fingerprints. You have only ten of them. And you leave them on everything you touch; they are definitely not a secret.

I suspect I am like most people on the Internet in that I sign up for all sorts of sites and frequently use the same passwords.

It's simply unrealistic to depend on secrecy for security in computer software. You may be able to keep the exact workings of the program out of general circulation, but can you prevent the code from being reverse-engineered by serious opponents? Probably not. The secret to strong security: less reliance on secrets.

If someone hacks your password, you can change it - as many times as you want.

There is one major problem with anti-virus software: It needs updating. Users cannot be relied upon to have even the anti-virus software in the first place, let alone be able or willing to pay for the updates.

The United States strongly condemns the illegal disclosure of classified information. It puts people's lives in danger, threatens our national security, and undermines our efforts to work with other countries to solve shared problems.

Data leaks are impossible to reverse, so the best strategy is to prevent intruders from having prolonged, unfettered access to the systems in the first place.

If you use a bad password, your Bitcoin will get stolen.

Security is a human problem.

I'm very protective of my online life, and I try and take as many security measures.