• zalgotext@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Then you look up the random string of 36 characters once, think “why did I make this one 36 characters” as you painstakingly type it in with a TV remote, then immediately forget it as soon as you’re logged in.

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        Then repeat this process every few months the device decides it needs to ask the password of you again. Not playing this game

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          Take the TV throw it out of the window.

          Buy a minipc and plugin a cheap Monitor via hdmi.

          Setup kodi or similar on your minipc and you won’t even have ads anymore because you will of course install pihole too.

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          If it’s a fairly inconsequential service (no payment/personal info, nothing lost if it gets hacked), you can just generate a far shorter password. Even randomly generated passwords can be remembered eventually if you have to type it enough times, and that’s still better than the same one.

          If it’s not inconsequential, I’d be questioning if my money is well spent on a sadistic service that makes my life hell trying to have a minimum level of security. I would say that even if it wasn’t a generated password that you have to type over.

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          I have a keyboard connected to my TV and some apps still refuse to accept its input, forcing me to use the stupid remote keyboard

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          Device recognition instead of passwords, using your phone. A number of apps already do this and logging in is painless even with a shitty old remote.

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            1 year ago

            That sounds… even less secure, but admittedly I know nothing about it. How does it work? MAC address? Device type? OS? I think all of those can be spoofed…

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        Not write it down on a post it and recycle it with the rest of paper products only for the gmen to go through your thrash and find it?

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      1 year ago

      I use an off-line libre password manager for several bad designed goverment stuff that only accept numbers as passwords or don’t allow to paste it.

      It’s not that hard and I easily get used to it. I read it, type it and forget it again.

    • Fermion@feddit.nl
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      Some password managers support generating random passphrases like “correctbatteryhorsestaple.” They’re still a pain to punch in on a remote, but much easier to keep track of where you are in the password and avoid transcription errors.

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      I hate this shit so much, even when I can do semi okay because I use a Shield TV the logins are still a pain in the ass.