faftek

https://github.com/faftek/chat-application
 
That's the code in its current, horrid form, I'll have a live version working soon

Sharing great ideas for apps/sites is a really sensitive thing. Since one small idea could mean millions of dollars in profit.

Here's mine:
 
I went to setup my online account at fifth third bank today, and I found a little nugget of security gold, beating out even anything that Sony did: 
 

 
SPECIAL CHARACTERS ARE NOT ALLOWED.

ON A BANKING WEBSITE.
 
THE SAME WEBSITE WHERE I MAY TRANSFER MONEY BETWEEN ACCOUNTS AND EVEN TRANSFER MONEY TO OUTSIDE BANKS. OH AND IT HAS MY CONTACT INFO
 
Sorry for the rant there, this just made me bash my head into a wall, especially in light of the Sony hack, and the fact it is extremely insecure. Needless to say I'm now at a local credit union that forces secure passwords.
 
So I'm intrigued into what everyone else's most cringeworthy internet security moment is, anything from using password123 as your password for an email to a former boss keeping an excel sheet of all passwords.
 
 

it would take 30 years to crack on a potato, honestly I could crack that in a few minutes with GPU power

Thank you for linking that channel.

Tinypic.com 's captcha is completely broken. You can type anything you want and it accepts it. LOL

it would take 30 years to crack on a potato, honestly I could crack that in a few minutes with GPU power

OH that's no surprise, most spammers don't know their ass from a hole in the ground, did you make a backup and tell him that you're a nigerian prince with a large database you're willing to sell for $50,000?
 
.... I don't think what I want to say is allowed...

Yeah well I mean at least he knows how to turn on a computer... He's got that going for him

The sheer number of virus's I had on my last PC....from Kazaa (is that even still a thing?)

I remember once or twice getting 'confirmation of registration' emails after signing up for a website that included username and password in plain text, can't imagine what they were thinking.

The special characters arent as bad as the limited length. The combination of both is quite impressive though.
The most cringeworthy moment for me was when I tracked spam sender and found out his mysql account was admin/admin.

In the Sony hack, 25-ish pages of SSN numbers were leaked...ALL IN PLAIN TEXT!

My bank said i couldn't use a password over a certain character limit which i think was 10.

Here's mine:
 
I went to setup my online account at fifth third bank today, and I found a little nugget of security gold, beating out even anything that Sony did: 
 

 
SPECIAL CHARACTERS ARE NOT ALLOWED.

ON A BANKING WEBSITE.
 
THE SAME WEBSITE WHERE I MAY TRANSFER MONEY BETWEEN ACCOUNTS AND EVEN TRANSFER MONEY TO OUTSIDE BANKS. OH AND IT HAS MY CONTACT INFO
 
Sorry for the rant there, this just made me bash my head into a wall, especially in light of the Sony hack, and the fact it is extremely insecure. Needless to say I'm now at a local credit union that forces secure passwords.
 
So I'm intrigued into what everyone else's most cringeworthy internet security moment is, anything from using password123 as your password for an email to a former boss keeping an excel sheet of all passwords.
 
 

Using the same password for literally almost every website, except my savings account. I now have seperate passwords for every website, and I make new passwords every 3months. I started doing this, when I had to spend 2weeks on the phone getting my online identity back.

These off-topic threads are getting so specific...

ASUS' G751JY-DH71 fits pretty much every point you want. You can get the cheaper model with the GTX 970M if you want.

Never thought I'd say that til this happened, since then best buy has been price matching hard with me

wow, I just hate them since they stopped using Cherry. But I guess their laptops and (project christine) are good.
 
 
^ Never thought i'd ever hear that

How did you come up with that number? Comparing to other companies? Genuinely curious

Maybe not everyone wants to take it "seriously".
 
Why are you being a douche? The guy just wants to teach people what he knows. Let him.

If anyone's actually interested in learning how to program I'm going to be doing a livestream at http://www.twitch.tv/faftek
 
I'll be using visual studio so just pick up visual studio express from here: http://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs
 
It probably won't install in time but you should be able to pick up the basics really quickly!
 
I'm starting at 10PM EST and the first few minutes will just be some discussion while everyone joins in and gets ready!
 
Hopefully I'll see a few people.
 
Oops forgot to mention it was c#

If anyone's actually interested in learning how to program I'm going to be doing a livestream at http://www.twitch.tv/faftek
 
I'll be using visual studio so just pick up visual studio express from here: http://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs
 
It probably won't install in time but you should be able to pick up the basics really quickly!
 
I'm starting at 10PM EST and the first few minutes will just be some discussion while everyone joins in and gets ready!
 
Hopefully I'll see a few people.
 
Oops forgot to mention it was c#

But professionals aren't fun :l