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I don't think Amazon checks - or even cares (beyond their legal liability) - what their vendors charge. I believe vendors can opt in or out of prime capabilities as they choose. I don't believe that what happened to me was illegal, just scummy. And, who knows, perhaps the shipping charge from their location actually was $70. Caveat emptor? You're d**n skippy!
I don't find Amazon more or less risky than other sites. I find it very convenient since retiring to rural South Dakota. But I nearly always check other sites for pricing and other options before making that final click.
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W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote: Amazon seemed increased the price on anything I already purchased
For me, that's been mostly the case in particular for items actually fulfilled by merchants who may be subjected to currency fluctuations. Otherwise, I have no conspiracy to report. I've seen prices go both up and down, including for items that have been sitting in the cart for weeks.
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So, I manage my passwords locally - I've never really invested in a password manager, mainly because I JUST DON'T TRUST THEM. When I see terms and conditions that say, "If we get hacked and someone gets your passwords, we will pay you lots of money to compensate our error."
When it comes to security, I'm paranoid. I prefer to manage it myself and not depend on other people. Looking at JSOP... Another example: Report: Amazon awarded secret $10B NSA cloud computing contract, Microsoft files protest - GeekWire[^]
I have no idea why the NSA thinks this is a good idea. Maybe they aren't putting much interesting stuff up there, but still.... Sorry, ooo shiny I got distracted.
So, I guess google has added something to chrome that will magically save all my passwords in their vault, and frankly, I think that's just creepy. Hell, they probably have them already now that I think about it.
Comments?
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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Chrome's king in terms of user saturation but I'll stay with Firefox for now.
I wouldn't want my passwords up in the cloud, somewhere, to begin with. If you cannot connect to that segment of the cloud (perhaps it's just too busy being hacked) - you up creek and your paddle-less boat sprung a leak.
Local is good - my passwords (and for that matter, user ID's, are mine. I keep a catalog of the less commonly used ones - but not directly, but instead use hints that mean nothing to anyone but me in how they're to be translated. No - they're not random strings - but they may as well be as they're rarely English words along with the numbers and special chars. Firefox will remember them for me, too . . . no thanks!.
Another good option is to send them to Chris Maunder and call him whenever you need your memory refreshed.
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"Another good option is to send them to Chris Maunder and call him whenever you need your memory refreshed."
thanks for the laugh! Haven't laughed that hard in a year.....
I *do* need to de-chrome. browser makes me bonkers at times. I use firefox a bit, playing with opera now.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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No one can protect your stuff better than you.
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I use Keepass and I could not be more pleased with it. I do not trust Google as far as I could throw a Sherman tank.
Zaphod
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I don't use Chrome. I do use Edge and let MS manage and sync my passwords. Edge also alerts me when a userid/password combination has been discovered on the dark web.
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absolutely NO to me...
diligent hands rule....
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I'm just sooo tired of thinking about elephanting passwords.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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I'm never logged in to Google, but use Chrome's pwd manager (on my Windows box) to manage my passwords and credit card information. As I understand, this data is local to my PC.
/ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote: As I understand, this data is local to my PC. Google / Chrome and only local in PC... do you really believe it?
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Like I said, you can always keep your passwords under your mattress.
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"I'll back that up to the cloud for you." -- Clippy
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Nelek wrote: do you really believe it? Even with not being logged in to Google (and therefore it not knowing the user context)?
/ravi
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Have you ever been logged in to google in that computer? How many people log in to google in that machine? Do you use a gmail account? How often do you use it? Have you used it to register to some of the places that you manage with the password manager? How often do you clear the history, cookies and other stuff?
They might know more than you think. Even without being 100% sure because you are not logged in, they could have a "good estimation".
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I use Firefox's password manager, but NOT for anything that touches financial. That's all off line.
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I have no worry at all with Google managing my passwords. They have been doing a fine job all these years, with no security breaches that I am aware of with my accounts.
All of my financial sites, and most sites that I pay money on, require 2FA. So, even if my password is compromised, they still can't get in.
You know, you can always keep your passwords under the mattress. Just saying.
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Actually,
The APT17 group via shared international tooling performed Operation Aurora[^] a which penetrated Google along with a myriad of other national assets.
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and yet, my username and passwords have not been compromised. By law, Google would have to notify me if they were. I have yet to receive any such notification.
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Slacker007 wrote: By law, Google would have to notify me if they were. I have yet to receive any such notification. Yas if they always do what law says...
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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not really. Big corporations don't care about keeping user data safe - all I have to do is cite the dozens of breaches and the delayed "oops, we got hacked" announcement. I refer you to the Equifax case where they kept it under wraps for quite a long time.
I guess I can see the efficacy of checking the dark web for accounts/passwords, but that means they have my account / password in the clear. Hmmm.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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How is Google or anyone else supposed to know what was stolen?
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