SamSpade
Well-Known Member
I bought - many years ago, when I first began telework - a computer I thought would last a good long time. I wanted to be sure it was close to the very best - the best I could afford. And I pushed that.
It of course, has since become my MAIN computer - bills, correspondences, HERE, reading and so forth - and needed for most if not all of them are -
Passwords. And usernames.
So I upgrade to a truly badass machine to handle everything. Enormous storage. Huge memory. Fast graphics and a fast SSD.
And I am thinking - crap - now I will have get all the stuff from the old one.
Evidently - NOT.
How does THAT happen?
I go to this or that site and boom - my obscure username is already in the box - and the password already.
I even went to a web page I haven't been to in YEARS - and my user stuff is already there.
So - how come? How does the new computer KNOW stuff that my old computer knew? Is there some - thing - out there that says oh this MAC address or this email address has all these passwords?
How does it know? It's a little scary to me. It even had my access numbers for the bank.
It of course, has since become my MAIN computer - bills, correspondences, HERE, reading and so forth - and needed for most if not all of them are -
Passwords. And usernames.
So I upgrade to a truly badass machine to handle everything. Enormous storage. Huge memory. Fast graphics and a fast SSD.
And I am thinking - crap - now I will have get all the stuff from the old one.
Evidently - NOT.
How does THAT happen?
I go to this or that site and boom - my obscure username is already in the box - and the password already.
I even went to a web page I haven't been to in YEARS - and my user stuff is already there.
So - how come? How does the new computer KNOW stuff that my old computer knew? Is there some - thing - out there that says oh this MAC address or this email address has all these passwords?
How does it know? It's a little scary to me. It even had my access numbers for the bank.
I was freaked out the first time this happened to me. I never save my CC information on vendor websites, because Google Chrome does it for me, if I okay it. That's why I've started using my savings account to hold the bulk of my paycheck until bill time. With Navy Federal, I can transfer money on the fly from my phone app. I've never exceeded the max amount of transactions (if they have one), but I have very few bills to pay. With Google Chrome I can link my account to any web device I use. Very convenient and very unsecure.
