Scratch

Yeah I think they did it once (but it depends on the case)

As long as your password isn't something like your username then you don't need to worry about getting hacked anyway though.

Also, your brother is on your LAN, so they could use a packet sniffer...

RedRocker227 wrote:

Yeah , whatever that is.

A "packet" is a piece of data that is transmitted over the network. A packet sniffer is a program that will "sniff" packets going through your network. Since Scratch sends passwords unencrypted, a packet sniffer could potentially expose anypony's password (on your LAN, of course)

bobbybee wrote:

Also, your brother is on your LAN, so they could use a packet sniffer...

This is why Scratch should allow HTTPS on their server. I know where you can get SSL certificates for just $10/year.

jvvg wrote:

RedRocker227 wrote:

As long as your password isn't something like your username then you don't need to worry about getting hacked anyway though.

However, there is a complicated way for someone like your brother to hack it.

1. Go to the email, and reset the password (because the security question is probably something you know)
2. Click "forgot password" on Scratch and then go to the email

To prevent this, make the security question something that only YOU know.

Or, if you saved it into the computer, they could just get to it that way.

jvvg wrote:

scimonster wrote:

jvvg wrote:

However, there is a complicated way for someone like your brother to hack it.

1. Go to the email, and reset the password (because the security question is probably something you know)
2. Click "forgot password" on Scratch and then go to the email

To prevent this, make the security question something that only YOU know.

Or, if you saved it into the computer, they could just get to it that way.

That's why saving passwords is a BAD idea.

I've saved mine on the computer (well it's 20+ characters, randomly generated, how am I supposed to remember it?), but I've saved it as something like "German homework" inside loads of subfolders. And even if they do find it it'll just be loads of random letters and numbers, they won't necessarily know it's my password.

It prevents keyloggers too, because at no point do you actually type the password in, you just copy and paste it in.

Last edited by RedRocker227 (2012-06-13 18:00:32)

RedRocker227 wrote:

jvvg wrote:

scimonster wrote:

Or, if you saved it into the computer, they could just get to it that way.

That's why saving passwords is a BAD idea.

I've saved mine on the computer (well it's 20+ characters, randomly generated, how am I supposed to remember it?), but I've saved it as something like "German homework" inside loads of subfolders. And even if they do find it it'll just be loads of random letters and numbers, they won't necessarily know it's my password.

It prevents keyloggers too, because at no point do you actually type the password in, you just copy and paste it in.

I just have a complicated password, anyway. Short and hard.

You can download deleted projects by inserting "static/" between "scratch.mit.edu/" and "projects/", and adding ".sb" to the end, as shown in this guide.

BOBBYBOB3 wrote:

RedRocker227 wrote:

jvvg wrote:

That's why saving passwords is a BAD idea.

I've saved mine on the computer (well it's 20+ characters, randomly generated, how am I supposed to remember it?), but I've saved it as something like "German homework" inside loads of subfolders. And even if they do find it it'll just be loads of random letters and numbers, they won't necessarily know it's my password.

It prevents keyloggers too, because at no point do you actually type the password in, you just copy and paste it in.

I just have a complicated password, anyway. Short and hard.

Short complicated passwords are the easiest to crack, just use a string of random words. Easy to remember and unhackable

I store all my passwords on an app with a masterpassword :p   The master password can be sometimes hard to remember, but thats the point.  And sincE its on my ipod, i dont have to worry about packet sniffers.  (im the only one with a computer

Last edited by XenoK (2012-06-15 07:43:01)

XenoK wrote:

I store all my passwords on an app with a masterpassword :p   The master password can be sometimes hard to remember, but thats the point.  And sincE its on my ipod, i dont have to worry about packet sniffers.  (im the only one with a computer

You would be extremely vulnerable if that master password was discovered.