Youtube (Google) Messing with accounts again

[Xipe Totec]

So now you have to get a Google account to sign on to Youtube.

Pissed me off so bad I walked away for a week.

Finally I came back and said fine! Sign me up for a Fucking Google account.

It asked for an e-mail address, and a new password (not the password for the e-mail account, but a new one).

Fuck. I already have to keep track of dozens of passwords and now one more?

It didn't like my old password because it was too short.

I was so pissed, I just said fine, you want a new password? How about FuckGoogle.

It liked that.

Then it occurred to me, I bet there are thousands of Youtube accounts out there now with the password FuckGoogle.

I bet I'm not the only clever boy to come up with that.

So I went back and changed it to... (yea, right, like I'm gonna post it here)

Anyway, if you are also pissed at Google, and you also changed your password to FuckGoogle, you might want to go back and change it too.

I bet there are scores of people with that password right now.

[MineralMan]

1. I'm trying to figure out why I'd want a sign-on at YouTube.

I don't make videos. I just watch them on odd occasions. I also can't figure out why I'd want a sign-on on Google. Their search engine works just fine without logging into it.

[Xipe Totec]

2. I have a long list of favorites

and people who sign on to my channel just to watch my selections.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KvswKwHYos

[MineralMan]

3. Ah, OK. I guess I'm just not that avid a Youtube user.

Thanks.

[Xipe Totec]

4. I added one link as an example.

:hi:

[MineralMan]

5. Cool stuff. I love pipes. I'm bookmarking.

[Xipe Totec]

6. Context

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiogUx5h28c

[madokie]

7. I have cookies blocked from google and everything works just fine

I only allow a few sites to put a cookie on my machine and I do alright.

[ihavenobias]

10. The main reason for a non-video creator to sign up on YouTube is to subscribe to channels

And or to comment on the videos, etc.

http://www.youtube.com/user/mediamatters4america

http://www.youtube.com/user/thomhartmann

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheYoungTurks

http://www.youtube.com/user/SamSeder

http://www.youtube.com/user/tpmtv

http://www.youtube.com/user/lauraflanders

http://www.youtube.com/user/TYTInterviews

[east texas lib]

14. Here's a real good reason...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYRL3gpG5Nk He's got a lot more on there. He was quite accomplished.

[blogslut]

8. Here's a handy tool

http://howsecureismypassword.net/

[Xipe Totec]

9. It says it would take 458 years to crack FuckGoogle

Yea, right!

:rofl:

[JanMichael]

12. Holy shit! My typical combo got 450 thousand years to crack! nt.

[anigbrowl]

26. oh yes, you should definitely put your most secure password there, linked to your IP address

[blogslut]

27. sigh

whatever. i'm not that paranoid.

[anigbrowl]

28. the majority of password theft is done by tricking people into giving theirs away

I am constantly amazed at people's gullibility. The most amusing example I saw was a list of common passwords...with voting buttons for people to say 'i use this one.'

[blogslut]

29. Okay

I don't play those games.

And I lied. I am moderately paranoid and have a rather elaborate password system. It's not infallible but if someone wants to crack my code, they're going to have to work as hard as hell to do it.

[anigbrowl]

30. you should read this if you like to keep current on these things

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=4097

[Recursion]

11. You can make your browser remember your passwords, you know

Saves you the trouble of having to keep track of a dozen of them.

[Xipe Totec]

17. I know

More than once I've gone to a friend's browser, opened up their password cache and said,

So, are these your secure passwords?

:evilgrin:

[Recursion]

21. Gah. People don't secure that with a master password?

I don't understand people sometimes.

[Toucano]

13. What a ridiculous tirade.

If you don't like the company, don't use their product.

Is that really so hard?

[Warren DeMontague]

15. Yeah... "Your absolutely FREE video sharing, search and email website is a big pain in the ass!"

"Fuck youuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" :mad::mad::mad:

[Xipe Totec]

19. Achichincle nt

[Warren DeMontague]

24. Whatever.

I'm sorry, continue to endlessly complain about something that is completely free and no one is forcing you to use. Shit, start a facebook thread, while you're at it.

[Xipe Totec]

18. You have the right to remain silent.

Use it sometime.

[Warren DeMontague]

25. Sorry, someone didn't agree with you?

Gee, whiz, every time *I* start a thread, I do it only with the express understanding that it will be an echo chamber of "right on, man" style total agreement with whatever point I put forth.

Otherwise, if everyone isn't going to agree with me 100% of the time, why bother?

[Political Tiger]

16. You should be able to sign into YouTube using your Google account.

No need for a seperate password or anything like that, at least that's how it works for me.

[Xipe Totec]

20. IF you have a Google account

and IF you want to link that account to Youtube.

[Political Tiger]

22. If you have Google email account you don't need a separate Google account.

eom

[AnArmyVeteran]

23. What was your social security number again? I lost it...