What Security Method(s) Do You Use To Log In To Your Home Computer/Laptop?

[TheJokerz]

PIN as I am the only one that has access to my desktop! Password for my laptop.

 

[orthonovum]

desktop here with no passwords ever since windows xp.

single user admin account only no other guest / user accounts.

Here run this cool new app I made

 

[Sunshine-boy]

Pin doesn't work with win 7...
If it works IDK about it...
I'm using Password+folder lock to hide everything.
So even if someone bypasses my pass he cant reach anything cuz they are ENCRYPTED with Folder Lock.
Folder Lock Lite - File & Folder Locking Software - Free Download

 

[TairikuOkami]

I use a password, pretty much anything will do, even one letter, as long as it is not just a blank password.

5) 2-Factor Authentication using the above combo

I always advice against using 2FA, from my own experience. Yes, it is way secure than using just one method, but once you loose access to one of the methods (forget a password, your email gets canceled, your phone company bankrupts), you are done, you can say goodbye to your account. And if you say, that you can easily restore the access without one of those methods, than what is the point of using 2FA at all?

But all the above methods have one great problem and that's the password/pin/signatures are stored on your computer which, if stolen, can compromise your data.

And fingerprints. People assume, that biometric data are unique, but they can be easily stolen, since you are not comparing fingerprints, you are comparing a scan with the data of your fingerprints. Once it is a file, it can be stolen, just like hackers do not always even need to stole passwords, they can use hashes of passwords.

There is actually a bigger problem with biometric data, once stolen, you can not simply change them like a password.

PIN- Personal Identification Number, maybe it's time to find a better search engine. Wait there is none

I thought, that is stands for a password PINned to the monitor, we use that a lot at work, due to mandatory password changes.

 

[Aura]

I come back home, boot my computer, take off my clothes, put my clothes in the laundry, go back to my desk, enter my password, get changed into my pyjamas, finish depacking my sport gear, lunch, etc., go back to my chair, sit and start working.

... Am I doing something wrong?

 

[Claw]

Standard password on my desktop running Win 10, and a password on my laptop running Bohdi Linux for watching kid videos for my youngest daughter, , it never leaves the house.

 

[tonibalas]

I have a SUA which is not password protected and an Admin Account which is password protected.
All important software are installed as Admin so no one can touch them unless they can crack my password.
Two important notices.
1st no one else is using my laptop, only me.
2nd all important stuff are in an external storage which is encrypted.

 

[HarborFront]

I use a password, pretty much anything will do, even one letter, as long as it is not just a blank password.


I always advice against using 2FA, from my own experience. Yes, it is way secure than using just one method, but once you loose access to one of the methods (forget a password, your email gets canceled, your phone company bankrupts), you are done, you can say goodbye to your account. And if you say, that you can easily restore the access without one of those methods, than what is the point of using 2FA at all?


And fingerprints. People assume, that biometric data are unique, but they can be easily stolen, since you are not comparing fingerprints, you are comparing a scan with the data of your fingerprints. Once it is a file, it can be stolen, just like hackers do not always even need to stole passwords, they can use hashes of passwords.

There is actually a bigger problem with biometric data, once stolen, you can not simply change them like a password.


I thought, that is stands for a password PINned to the monitor, we use that a lot at work, due to mandatory password changes.

Regardless of usage passwords/PINs need to be backup and saved into another location...just in case you cannot remember them. Iris scan and fingerprint.......you can't lose them so no problem here unless the scanner is spoil. Even then MS has provision for this.

The 4 access methods by MS are already listed. Of course using an external hardware token like an USB key can greatly enhanced the security of your PC/laptop. For home desktop users it's not so much important in using 2FA or with a hardware token key. However, for traveler and on-the-go users having a separate hardware token key can greatly enhanced his/her access security.

 

[ispx]

I come back home, boot my computer, take off my clothes, put my clothes in the laundry, go back to my desk, enter my password, get changed into my pyjamas, finish depacking my sport gear, lunch, etc., go back to my chair, sit and start working.

... Am I doing something wrong?

yes you are, you did not go to the bathroom

 

[DeepWeb]

Fingerprint. You guys are so tinfoil hat sometimes. When was the last time you heard about a big fingerprint leak. I only use it to unlock exactly one device so it's of little interest to most. It's more likely that someone will steal your password or your PIN before they go after your fingerprint. Besides biometrics is based on the zero knowledge proof principle. Even if you can obtain the hash you would need the other half. All the fear is from research on Windows 7 and fingerprint readers on cheap Chinese budget phones. Windows 10 fingerprint reader is rock solid.

Besides nobody who really wants to hack into your computer will ever bother with your credentials anyway. Way too much work. There are easier ways to bypass those to get what you want.

 

[Vasudev]

Password

 

[Aura]

yes you are, you did not go to the bathroom

Wow, you're right, thanks.

Adding "go to the bathroom" after taking my clothes off.

 

[frogboy]

yes you are, you did not go to the bathroom

Yes @Aura had a brilliant reply to this, still laughing here.

 

[Deleted member 178]

PIN here

 

[Vasudev]

PIN here

Do you use Windows Hello to login to PC via Lumia?

 

[RoboMan]

Password for my laptop. I don't put too much effort in hardening Windows login security since i've already tested tools that simply bypass Windows Login despite the authentication method used, from XP to Windows 10. I just put effort on securing my data in case somebody steals my PC and tries to access it.

 

[ispx]

Do you use Windows Hello to login to PC via Lumia?

pardon me for barging in but from what i understand of @Umbra, i would say Hell No

am waiting to see if @Umbra agrees

 

[Deleted member 178]

Do you use Windows Hello to login to PC via Lumia?

pardon me for barging in but from what i understand of @Umbra, i would say Hell No

am waiting to see if @Umbra agrees

no, i use only PIN on PC , i use Hello only for my Lumia

 

[Ink]

Windows Hello not available. Microsoft recommends setting up a PIN over Password, when logging in with a Microsoft Account.

There's also no reason not to use a PIN since Microsoft auto-enabled NumLock by default for Login in the Creators Update.

 

[brod56]

I use nothing. Only me has access to my computer, so I disabled the password via netplwiz.
Maybe not the most safe move I made, but definitely worth it in my personal life.