Mass Idiots Sighting: 61% Use Same Password for Everything
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01-19-2008, 09:18 AM,
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Mass Idiots Sighting: 61% Use Same Password for Everything
Quote:Few things make you feel more helpless than sitting blank-faced at a screen, looking at a flashing cursor and a message saying "PASSWORD INCORRECT" in a disapproving tone. But that was the one for your bank, wasn't it? Or was it? And if it was, then what's your eBay one, again? full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/200...rity.banks |
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01-21-2008, 07:57 PM,
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Re: Mass Idiots Sighting: 61% Use Same Password for Everything
Quote:The password pressure of modern life means that 61% of us use the same password wherever we can I'd bet that more than 61% of people choose passwords that are insecure and easy to hack: summer, winter, mydogsname,myaddress, mybirthdate, etc. |
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01-21-2008, 08:22 PM,
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Re: Mass Idiots Sighting: 61% Use Same Password for Everything
[quote author=regic link=topic=17303.msg67629#msg67629 date=1200945423]
Quote:The password pressure of modern life means that 61% of us use the same password wherever we can I'd bet that more than 61% of people choose passwords that are insecure and easy to hack: summer, winter, mydogsname,myaddress, mybirthdate, etc. [/quote] Not me.... |
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01-23-2008, 02:30 PM,
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Re: Mass Idiots Sighting: 61% Use Same Password for Everything
[quote author=BellisimaJ. link=topic=17303.msg67631#msg67631 date=1200946936]
[quote author=regic link=topic=17303.msg67629#msg67629 date=1200945423] Quote:The password pressure of modern life means that 61% of us use the same password wherever we can I'd bet that more than 61% of people choose passwords that are insecure and easy to hack: summer, winter, mydogsname,myaddress, mybirthdate, etc. [/quote] Not me.... [/quote] Me neither. I have a different password for every account -- all 47 of them, although I only use about 5-6 accounts on a regular daily basis. I Google translation sites to find obscure words and phrases in foreign languages, mixed with numbers and characters that alternate at prescribed intervals. Nobody, not even my husband, has a clue what any of my passwords are. |
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01-24-2008, 03:48 PM,
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Re: Mass Idiots Sighting: 61% Use Same Password for Everything
Quote:I Google translation sites to find obscure words and phrases in foreign languages, mixed with numbers and characters that alternate at prescribed intervals. Good idea...... I don't use words at all, however. I use combinations of characters and numbers, both upper and lower case, which make absolutely no sense whatsoever. I don't attempt to memorize any but those that I use most frequently; I keep a file of the passwords on a rolodex. |
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