This Instant And Moment - 2020!

HungryHippos · 6 Nov 2020 at 10:25

Yeah I've not done 2FA everywhere, but it's on my email + paypal and bank, so worst case scenario it would be an isolated breach on a specific site, with little financial risk.

I should turn it on for everything I use where I can, but I wanted to cover the most important stuff

Akagi · 6 Nov 2020 at 10:26

HungryHippos said:
That site can also search for a hash of your password against it's database, try entering it on https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords

You would readily type your passwords into a website that claims to check passwords? :eek:

vanpeebles · 6 Nov 2020 at 10:30

Yadda said:
Finger strength won't be great but that won't matter on such a low-grade climb because the holds will be big enough "jugs" to grab properly.

Bwahahaha, big jugs!

Yadda · 6 Nov 2020 at 10:38

vanpeebles said:
Bwahahaha, big jugs!

The higher you go, the more attractive they become, believe me!

HungryHippos · 6 Nov 2020 at 10:39

Acme said:
You would readily type your passwords into a website that claims to check passwords?

It sounds bad but if you think about it, you aren't entering the username, it just checks a hash of your password vs it's database.

I don't think the website or it's creator are in the business of stealing passwords either, if you look at what the site does and why it exists, plus how popular it is.

vanpeebles · 6 Nov 2020 at 10:48

Yadda said:
The higher you go, the more attractive they become, believe me!

Are you sure you are going climbing?

Yadda · 6 Nov 2020 at 10:56

vanpeebles said:
Are you sure you are going climbing?

I'll settle for "clambering" at this early stage.

RxR · 6 Nov 2020 at 10:57

I rarely drink. Tho someone gave me a cold can of cider, which isn't too bad to end the day on. Kopparberg.

Yadda · 6 Nov 2020 at 11:10

RxR said:
I rarely drink. Tho someone gave me a cold can of cider, which isn't too bad to end the day on. Kopparberg.

Very nice. Is it approaching spring where you are? I like the occasional cider during the warmer months. Enjoy!

RxR · 6 Nov 2020 at 11:18

@Yadda yep, last month of spring. Today was 29°c @ 64% humidity. Thankfully its only 21° now. The cider is working nicely

Yadda · 6 Nov 2020 at 11:28

@RxR Marvellous. A lovely time of year.

RxR · 6 Nov 2020 at 15:01

@NVP - an update on the bilateral matter. The 36,000 years more-junior culture sent a clarifying missive today:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-06/china-daily-warns-australia-economic-pain-export-ban/12857988

Yadda · 6 Nov 2020 at 15:26

Boaty McBoatface is in the region! Currently rounding the Llyn Peninsula (NW Wales).

Malevolence · 6 Nov 2020 at 15:43

Well that was a fun morning. Turned the PC off last night as per usual and when I turned it on this morning it wouldn't boot past a "Bad System Config Info" BSOD. Windows auto repair said "failed to repair" and it was stuck in a loop of BSOD > failed repair > BSOD > failed repair. Tried rolling back to a restore point from a few days back, still got stuck in the same loop. Tried using my W10 USB to repair, no luck.

In the end I had to nuke the drive and re-install windows. So now I'm sat with a totally clean install of windows and it's bloody horrible. All my settings and tweaks have gone and now I've got to dig around in the bowels of Windows and go around downloading all the apps that were on the C drive. Just hope my games still work, they are installed on a separate 1TB drive so in theory should be OK and will most likely only require the launcher to be run, but all the settings will be gone if their data was stored in under the Users folder.

Good times.

Deleted member 77746 · 6 Nov 2020 at 15:48

Malevolence said:
Well that was a fun morning. Turned the PC off last night as per usual and when I turned it on this morning it wouldn't boot past a "Bad System Config Info" BSOD. Windows auto repair said "failed to repair" and it was stuck in a loop of BSOD > failed repair > BSOD > failed repair. Tried rolling back to a restore point from a few days back, still got stuck in the same loop. Tried using my W10 USB to repair, no luck.

In the end I had to nuke the drive and re-install windows. So now I'm sat with a totally clean install of windows and it's bloody horrible. All my settings and tweaks have gone and now I've got to dig around in the bowels of Windows and go around downloading all the apps that were on the C drive. Just hope my games still work, they are installed on a separate 1TB drive so in theory should be OK and will most likely only require the launcher to be run, but all the settings will be gone if their data was stored in under the Users folder.

Good times.

If only you made an image. You telling me even restore didn’t work?

I feel your pain!

Malevolence · 6 Nov 2020 at 16:00

Bouton Aide said:
If only you made an image. You telling me even restore didn’t work?

I feel your pain!

No, nothing worked. That's why I had to fall back on the nuke from orbit option. And the sooner I download iCue the better, my keyboard currently looks like it's part of a Gay Pride parade and is driving me crazy..

Deleted member 77746 · 6 Nov 2020 at 16:04

Malevolence said:
No, nothing worked. That's why I had to fall back on the nuke from orbit option. And the sooner I download iCue the better, my keyboard currently looks like it's part of a Gay Pride parade and is driving me crazy..

ha ha ha oh please! Don’t give keyboard manufactures a new light pattern.

As for the pc it’s nice to do a fresh install.

NVP · 6 Nov 2020 at 21:18

It was preggers!

Deleted member 77746 · 6 Nov 2020 at 21:21

^^ There’s a lion face in that spiders back. :eek:

Yadda · 6 Nov 2020 at 21:48

Malevolence said:
Well that was a fun morning. Turned the PC off last night as per usual and when I turned it on this morning it wouldn't boot past a "Bad System Config Info" BSOD. Windows auto repair said "failed to repair" and it was stuck in a loop of BSOD > failed repair > BSOD > failed repair. Tried rolling back to a restore point from a few days back, still got stuck in the same loop. Tried using my W10 USB to repair, no luck.

In the end I had to nuke the drive and re-install windows. So now I'm sat with a totally clean install of windows and it's bloody horrible. All my settings and tweaks have gone and now I've got to dig around in the bowels of Windows and go around downloading all the apps that were on the C drive. Just hope my games still work, they are installed on a separate 1TB drive so in theory should be OK and will most likely only require the launcher to be run, but all the settings will be gone if their data was stored in under the Users folder.

Good times.

What a PITA. Are you going to prep in case it happens again?

Edit:
I had a case of instant regret earlier.

I'd finished bagging my shopping at the supermarket checkout and was about to wander the few steps to pay at the card machine thing. When I looked, there was a fella stood right by it, on the "grid junction" taped area, with no basket or trolley, looking down at his phone. I said "excuse me" at least three times, each time louder than the last, and the member of staff on the till asked at least once, but the chap didn't even look up. I barked "HELLO!" pretty sharply and he almost jumped out of his skin, looked terrified at me, and scuttled away very quickly.

'kin hell.