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Post by Mini Mia on Jun 17, 2009 0:22:25 GMT -6
Passwords should be a jumble of letters & numbers... Capital & small letters... over 10 "digits"... 13 to 16 digits is best:
a12Bc34dE56F7
Hotmail & MSN have to have a letter as your first "digit"... other sites don't.
"Friends" who know you pretty well can figure out your 'secret questions'... or you might "share" too much info about yourself to an internet "friend" who then figures it out... so it's best to lie:
Question: What City Were You Born In? [ Most family & friends will know the answer.] YOUR Answer: Jupiter Venus New York City -OR- a12Bc34dE56F7 - only make it different from your password.
Put this info in an email or word document and save it to a cd or disc... also print it out and keep both disc & printout in a safe place where no one else can find it. Print out a second copy to keep in a fireproof safe, freezer, or wherever it won't burn up. Do not save the info to your hard drive in case someone hacks into your computer and goes through files in search of such information.
There are also programs that you can save your passwords in, which is password protected. You then need only learn the one password.
Old link: www.atory.com/?a=2&id=6
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Post by Mini Mia on Jun 17, 2009 0:23:37 GMT -6
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 18, 2015 23:25:14 GMT -6
What's wrong with your password? - Food for thought. Fortunately, I don't seem to have any of the problems she talked about ... I probably have other problems yet to be resolved.
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Post by stepper on Nov 19, 2015 20:57:31 GMT -6
At least some of the password programs won't let you make these kinds of mistakes.
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 20, 2015 0:46:51 GMT -6
The one I linked above doesn't work on the upgraded computers. I haven't searched for ones to replace it.
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Post by stepper on Nov 20, 2015 19:57:28 GMT -6
Part of the trick is to occasionally change the passwords - and don't use the same password everywhere. And if possible, use all four categories: upper case, lower case, numbers, and special characters ( $ or ~ or ^) - that makes cracking your password much more difficult. Consider doubling your password too. If you were using 1qazXSW@ - then use 1qazXSW@1qazXSW@ or 1qazXSW@@wsxzaq1. A doubled password isn't harder to rememeber but the additional characters seriously complicates things for crackers.
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 21, 2015 0:02:14 GMT -6
X3n@WaRr10RPrlnC3s$&G@br13Lle
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Post by stepper on Nov 21, 2015 11:16:46 GMT -6
LOL! That would work - but can you remember all the substitutions?
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 21, 2015 20:14:52 GMT -6
Jot it down in a small notebook, and keep it locked up when you're not using it for reference.
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Post by stepper on Nov 21, 2015 20:22:50 GMT -6
The vast majority of my passwords are for work - and we're not allowed to write them down.
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 21, 2015 20:26:44 GMT -6
Can also put them in a document that is password protected. Also, some browsers have it set up so that you can password protect the passwords it remembers.
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Post by stepper on Nov 21, 2015 20:36:01 GMT -6
Getting caught doing that will get you fired.
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 21, 2015 21:57:45 GMT -6
Well, my suggestions are more for those at home, mostly. And not for those working on 'secretive' material on the job.
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Post by stepper on Nov 22, 2015 14:34:15 GMT -6
There's a lot of PII too and they're just as picky about that too.
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 22, 2015 18:09:24 GMT -6
Um ... Okay?
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Post by stepper on Nov 22, 2015 21:01:56 GMT -6
Personally Identifiable Information - SSANs, DOBs, home address, current and projected assignments, deployments; basically everything that an ID thief would want.
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 22, 2015 21:55:37 GMT -6
Ooh. You fight hackers? (Don't tell me if you have to kill me in order to keep the secret.)
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Post by stepper on Nov 22, 2015 21:58:42 GMT -6
Yes - well, that too. There are other people who have that as a primary duty, but I get to play some too.
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 22, 2015 22:04:29 GMT -6
Cool.
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Post by Spock on Nov 23, 2015 10:52:37 GMT -6
I thought I ha posted in this topic already but guess not. I tend to use Norton Password Generator for one time encryption needs. I will set it for 16 characters and almost all the options.
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Post by stepper on Nov 23, 2015 18:00:53 GMT -6
I describe our system generated passwords as two baggers.
A two bagger is when you go on a blind date and the other person is so ugly that you not only put a bag over their head, you put one over yours too in case theirs falls off.
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