http://ddhr.org/2006/11/02/login-frequency/ The personal web presence of David Hosier Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:12:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://ddhr.org/2006/11/02/login-frequency/#comment-5805 Dave Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:40:23 +0000 http://ddhr.org/2006/11/02/login-frequency/#comment-5805 Yeah I started using Firefox's password-remembering abilities a few months ago, and it's good for that kind of thing.  But the problem is, logging in disrupts the flow of using a website.  If I'm using a website, searching for things, and accessing that website's information, and then I'm required to login to continue, it's a problem.  That's not security.  Security would be requiring me to login <i>before</i> I start using the site.  That was my point. Yeah I started using Firefox's password-remembering abilities a few months ago, and it's good for that kind of thing.  But the problem is, logging in disrupts the flow of using a website.  If I'm using a website, searching for things, and accessing that website's information, and then I'm required to login to continue, it's a problem.  That's not security.  Security would be requiring me to login before I start using the site.  That was my point.

]]> http://ddhr.org/2006/11/02/login-frequency/#comment-5804 internetexplorer Fri, 28 Dec 2007 17:30:03 +0000 http://ddhr.org/2006/11/02/login-frequency/#comment-5804 Either my browser or one of its add-ons takes care of the nitty-gritty of logging on, all I have to do is click my mouse a couple of times and I'm good to go.  No, I don't use one of the separate password manager type programs, just the functionality aleady built in.  This seems to work for a wide variety of sites and takes place without my asking for it to.  The very first time I go to a site that uses such, it simply asks me if I want it to remember it all. Either my browser or one of its add-ons takes care of the nitty-gritty of logging on, all I have to do is click my mouse a couple of times and I'm good to go.  No, I don't use one of the separate password manager type programs, just the functionality aleady built in.  This seems to work for a wide variety of sites and takes place without my asking for it to.  The very first time I go to a site that uses such, it simply asks me if I want it to remember it all.

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