• Tanoh@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I know this is a meme, but security is not binary. It is not you either have 100% or 0%, it is always a sliding scale, and usually on the opposite side is convenience.

    Encrypting your drive protects against someone stealing your computer or breaning into youe house while the computer is off/locked.

    People like to trash people that write down their passwords on a post-it note and keep next to their computer. It is not ideal, but having a somewhat complex password written down protects a lot more against attacks over the internet than having “password”. However, if others have physical access to the note then it is obviously very bad. Like for example in an office.

    • blinfabian@feddit.nlEnglish
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      2 months ago

      i work in IT at an office and i kid you not. some people really stick a post it with their full login to their screen. (not even their screen as they sit at different places every day)