Is there a threat of keeping accounts open for an extended period of time on a private computer?
A very clever friend of mine (after whom the method is named) suggested a strategy that would make it difficult for a human or computer looking at the results gathered by a keylogging program to determine what an individual’s password is. To foil a keylogger, follow these steps: • Enter your username into the appropriate field • Click on the password field, and enter half of your password (for Jenny, this would be “fi”) • Click on the taskbar (the bar, usually on the bottom of your screen, that shows the Windows Start button and all of the windows you have open) • Enter a short string of gibberish, click on the taskbar again, and enter more gibberish (here’s a nice example of gibberish: “gqmk (click) dl55″) • Click on the password field once again, placing your cursor to the right of the half completed field • Complete your password • Click on the taskbar once again and type a little more gibberish, clicking on the taskbar in between gibberish strings • Click “Submit” to submit your us
