Microsoft: Xbox Live Security Strengthened, Sneakily Started With Spring Update.

[Undead]

 

Despite Microsoft working to ensure the security of its Xbox Live network, the company has encouraged users to check their security information and update their passwords in

a community blog post today. It's a cruel (virtual) world out there, folks.

 

It's all part of new security measures that Microsoft is employing, measures that began with the spring update issued last month. The update helped Microsoft "build on security enhancements for the near future," says Xbox Live general manager Alex Garden.

 

Xbox Live took its share of security lumps this year, including claims of a FIFA hack andpurported Windows Live ID problems. In the community post, Microsoft also provides some general internet security tips – in case you didn't know it was a bad idea to use the same password for every site you've ever logged onto.

 

SOURCE!

http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/19/microsoft-xbox-live-security-strengthened-sneakily-started-wit/#comments

[Lazmarr]

About the passwords, what are we meant to do? Write all of our passwords that we use down? That's the most rediculous idea ever, and poses more of a security risk than jus using the same for every site.

[RedStarRocket91]

About the passwords, what are we meant to do? Write all of our passwords that we use down? That's the most rediculous idea ever, and poses more of a security risk than jus using the same for every site.

 

You could memorise them. Most people use at most ten websites that require a password, and if you use them regularly it shouldn't be hard to recall what your passwords are.

 

Or, write a new password down in a document in your email address for a few days after you've created a new account. If someone gets into your email you're in trouble anyway, so there's no additional harm.