Post by Pierre on Jul 30, 2009 23:40:56 GMT
Hello to all my fellow inspiring Sims members and staff members here is something that i have read on insim about photo bucket so if you see any of your Sims pictures that are different please pm any of the staff members of inspiring Sims me Pierre global mod site admin clc contest mod bdh and Andy and we will remove the picture from your thread so i would advise to all inspiring Sims members that use photo bucket face book and such to change there password.
The news ticker at the top of the page is in response to someone hacking into a few photo bucket accounts and replacing the images with explicit and disturbing ones. We've been pulling the ones we've found here and doing our best to stay on top of it so as few people as possible are subjected to seeing this, though I'm feeling I need some eye and brain bleach now. Why do people do this? Because they can. Sometimes, that's all the reason they need.
The best thing you can do (to secure any account you have on line) is prevent people from being able to guess your password. It can be done by taking a few preventative measures.
•Don't use the same password for every site you visit. If someone guesses one, they then have access to every site you have an account with.
•Don't use any personal information in creating your password, such as your name, part of your email address, the name of your pet or child or a hobby many people know of.
•If you are on a shared computer, be sure to log out of every board or page you have logged into before leaving the computer.
•Don't write your passwords down. It might seem a bit harsh to not trust your room mates/relatives/visiting friends, but the truth is you never know and you can never be too careful.
Creating a secure password:
•Secure passwords are at least 8 characters long, and most sites allow a maximum of 14 characters. Ideally, they will use a mix of upper case, lower case, numbers and special characters. Unfortunately, some sites do not allow you to use special characters, but mixing upper and lower characters with numbers can still make a good password.
•Don't use your network passwords (the password you use to log on to your computer) as your password for accessing on line sites.
•Misspell a word deliberately if you use it for your password. For example, instead of, say, "happy girl", use "happeegrl"
•Embed a word, or part of a word, within another. For example, using the two words in my last example: "hagirlppy"
•Choose a phrase and pick one or more letters from each word to build your password. For example: "happy girls smile and " can become "hygsmalg"
Using my example of "happeegrl", which is an OK password (though no one should, obviously, use it now), we can make it more secure. First, I'll use a mix of upper and lowercase to get, "haPPeegRl". This is better, but we can make it more so. I'm going to replace some letters with numbers to make it, "h4PP33gRl". Now, we're talking. This password, as it stands, is easy (for me) to remember and isn't so easy for someone else to guess. It uses a mix of upper case, lower case and numbers. If a site allows the use of special characters, I can insert some to make it better, and use "h4PP33!gRl!"
Pierre
Ps: you can also post in this thread as well
Reason for Editing: fixing spelling and mistake in thread
The news ticker at the top of the page is in response to someone hacking into a few photo bucket accounts and replacing the images with explicit and disturbing ones. We've been pulling the ones we've found here and doing our best to stay on top of it so as few people as possible are subjected to seeing this, though I'm feeling I need some eye and brain bleach now. Why do people do this? Because they can. Sometimes, that's all the reason they need.
The best thing you can do (to secure any account you have on line) is prevent people from being able to guess your password. It can be done by taking a few preventative measures.
•Don't use the same password for every site you visit. If someone guesses one, they then have access to every site you have an account with.
•Don't use any personal information in creating your password, such as your name, part of your email address, the name of your pet or child or a hobby many people know of.
•If you are on a shared computer, be sure to log out of every board or page you have logged into before leaving the computer.
•Don't write your passwords down. It might seem a bit harsh to not trust your room mates/relatives/visiting friends, but the truth is you never know and you can never be too careful.
Creating a secure password:
•Secure passwords are at least 8 characters long, and most sites allow a maximum of 14 characters. Ideally, they will use a mix of upper case, lower case, numbers and special characters. Unfortunately, some sites do not allow you to use special characters, but mixing upper and lower characters with numbers can still make a good password.
•Don't use your network passwords (the password you use to log on to your computer) as your password for accessing on line sites.
•Misspell a word deliberately if you use it for your password. For example, instead of, say, "happy girl", use "happeegrl"
•Embed a word, or part of a word, within another. For example, using the two words in my last example: "hagirlppy"
•Choose a phrase and pick one or more letters from each word to build your password. For example: "happy girls smile and " can become "hygsmalg"
Using my example of "happeegrl", which is an OK password (though no one should, obviously, use it now), we can make it more secure. First, I'll use a mix of upper and lowercase to get, "haPPeegRl". This is better, but we can make it more so. I'm going to replace some letters with numbers to make it, "h4PP33gRl". Now, we're talking. This password, as it stands, is easy (for me) to remember and isn't so easy for someone else to guess. It uses a mix of upper case, lower case and numbers. If a site allows the use of special characters, I can insert some to make it better, and use "h4PP33!gRl!"
Pierre
Ps: you can also post in this thread as well
Reason for Editing: fixing spelling and mistake in thread