tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post4243324256765366815..comments2024-02-13T01:25:33.947-05:00Comments on The Gods Are Bored: Free Advice about Creating PasswordsAnne Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15478513906953607043noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-68689955199800265242013-03-06T00:22:54.685-05:002013-03-06T00:22:54.685-05:00I'd use davidtennantisgorgeous, but anyone who...I'd use davidtennantisgorgeous, but anyone who knows me would guess it right off. Oh, well....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-88437510828606134362013-02-27T00:39:58.875-05:002013-02-27T00:39:58.875-05:00Pick a phrase you can remember. Like
"To be ...Pick a phrase you can remember. Like <br />"To be or not to be; that is the question." (Don't use that phrase. and if could be a bit longer....)<br /><br />Then create a password...<br /><br />2b0n2bt1t?<br /><br />That password is harder to crack than most. <br /><br />Stay away from the obvious things...<br /><br />Gettysburg. Constitution. Lord's Prayer. Pick a favorite piece of poetry (you did have to read poetry in high school, remember?) or line from a movie (Not anything that everyone knows.) Or just a phrase...<br /><br />Any password that contains dictionary words, even if it doesn't start with one, is much easier to crack than one that doesn't. Though nothing is immune, given enough time. Longer is better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-77448769711488600972013-02-24T09:42:13.062-05:002013-02-24T09:42:13.062-05:00As always:
http://xkcd.com/936/
using a phrase,...As always:<br /><br />http://xkcd.com/936/<br /><br /><br />using a phrase, as you suggested, is what us IT folks actually suggest.(which doctor? 10? LOL) <br /><br />if you need letters and numb3rs, just replace s0me with $ymbols anyway.Maebiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818255129828936381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-42225223117912548272013-02-24T09:40:34.409-05:002013-02-24T09:40:34.409-05:00As always:
http://xkcd.com/936/
your suggestion ...As always:<br /><br />http://xkcd.com/936/<br /><br />your suggestion of "make it a phrase" is what us IT people suggest. If symbols and such are needed, just replace a lett3r with a nu#ber or something. :D<br /><br />Maebiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818255129828936381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-92138608667084957922013-02-24T00:36:40.191-05:002013-02-24T00:36:40.191-05:00Ooh I like that second password but it has to be #...Ooh I like that second password but it has to be #11.Thalianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-20644433872315120372013-02-23T04:19:13.732-05:002013-02-23T04:19:13.732-05:00for a while I tried to use the same password for e...for a while I tried to use the same password for everything, but then all those "you have to have one of these and one of those" things made that impossible. So I have three pages of passwords written down. <br />and the pin numbers! how are you supposed to memorize a different number for each card? Luckily, I still have the account I had when they invented pin numbers and I memorized that first, random, number. I recently tried to use another card and tried several numbers before it came to me what it was. What a pain. I hope they come up with something better in the future. (I don't have fingerprints anymore -- occupational hazard I'm told by the fingerprinting people.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com