Here's something most people in the poker community don't know about
me: I used to be a hacker. I was suspended from high school in 9th
grade when I found a vulnerability on the library computers that let me
access a bunch of people's logins and passwords, including teachers and
administrators. I printed out this list of
passwords to the administrator's printer. I was suspended, he was
fired, and I hope the hole was patched by the next guy. See, I believe
that computer security is something that most people ignore until it
slaps them in the face. Luckily for the school, I was being a white-hat
and I didn't cause damage with my information. Do you think the person
who hacks your poker account will be that nice?
Step 1) Secure all of your accounts, right this minute.
First
step, is to change all of your poker passwords to something only you
know. Do _not_ share this password with anything else. Do not share
passwords between sites. Quicktip: Use
the site's name or abbreviation in some form inside your password, so
that you remember which password goes with which site. Ideal solution: Use KeePass and generate highly random passwords. Do not auto-save your passwords in any site. Use KeePass to log in every time.
Next,
go create a new gmail account. Do not link this account's password
recovery feature to any other account. Use secure password recovery
questions. Then, link your poker accounts exclusively to this new
email. The easiest way to hack your poker account is to hack your email
account by using the "Forgot Password" functionality. Do not skip this step.
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