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Old 04-10-2012, 11:29 PM
 
Location: Out there somewhere...a traveling man.
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Great tip Pamster. It doesn't hurt to change your password once in awhile just to be safe.

Here's my password Xl@#$%^&%$#!279+=604%&@#$><. How long do you think it will take to break that code.
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Old 04-11-2012, 12:53 AM
 
Location: SW France
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Oh! Passwords!

Trying to remember the right one for the multitude of things you need them for!
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Old 04-11-2012, 06:26 AM
 
Location: In a happy, quieter home now! :)
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I only enter lies about myself on the computer when it comes to personal information. That way if anyone did hack into my stuff, they'd know nothing of any use. In fact, I often go to sites on the internet and give all my false information - name, date of birth, address - all that stuff. I keep it consistent, for almost everything.
It's rewarding when I receive spam addressing my fictional character, along with the false info. that they think is true.
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Old 04-11-2012, 06:26 AM
 
Location: Hermoso y tranquilo Panamá
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Good tips, Pam. I'm pretty lame when it comes to passwords; do have several, but all are variations of the same one
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Old 04-11-2012, 06:36 AM
 
Location: Neither here nor there
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Excellent tip, today, Pam. k I've started adding a few symbols to my generic password of 7 letters, because my Yahoo and Facebook accounts were hacked.
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Old 04-11-2012, 06:39 AM
 
Location: Where the sun likes to shine!!
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Good tips Pam....but I can't even remember my own passwords
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Old 04-11-2012, 09:04 AM
 
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I keep a hard copy list that is available if the computer crashes .... again.
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Old 04-11-2012, 10:05 AM
 
Location: Orlando, Florida
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I have to change 3 passwords for work every 90 days. Drives me nuts.
We have to use numbers AND characters.
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Old 04-11-2012, 12:39 PM
 
Location: Abilene, Texas
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Great tip Pam, thanks! I always try to create passwords with numbers, letters (some with caps), and even symbols. I usually make them 8 to 10 characters long so I will start making them 12 characters from now on. I keep all my passwords in a notebook that I keep hidden/locked up. If I didn't write them down somewhere I would never remember all of them....lol.
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Old 04-11-2012, 02:20 PM
 
Location: Arizona, The American Southwest
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Hello, kids! Today's Tip concerns important information which I found in an article in the April 2012 issue of AARP Bulletin. I've paraphrased the article below. Scroll on down and check it out!


THE WORST COMPUTER PASSWORDS

Internet security should be of the utmost importance to you when you register with any website. Don't set yourself up for identity theft by using a password that's easy to guess or which can easily be picked up by hacking software.

Would you believe that "password" is the most popular log-in used to access online accounts? Yikes! Don't do that! Making it easy for you to recall also makes it easy for hackers to identify.

Best hints:

  1. Use at least 12 keystrokes. A good 12-character password would take hackers more than 17,000 years to crack.
  2. Use both upper- and lower-case letters, spaces, underscores and symbols such as @ and %.
  3. For easier recall, base your passwords on foods you like, TV shows or first letters of a song, but with tweaks, symbols and conscious misspellings.
Use different passwords for different accounts such as financial, email, social networking and even to post comments on websites. It's best to change passwords every 90 days or so.

You can gauge password protection by going to microsoft.com/security and selecting "Create Strong Passwords."

Use common sense and fight cybercriminals.

17,000 years to crack passwords... Wow.. that Cracks me up... So that means I've been trying to crack passwords now for.. 7,000 years, and I'll be trying to crack passwords for the next.. 10,000 years..

Good tips Pamela, and it's always good common sense to avoid passwords that have the numbers "123", it's also good to mix numbers with the characters that are on the same number key when the shift key is used, for example the number 3 key has the # sign when shifted, so if you want to use the 123 keys in the passwords, make it !2# (Shift 1, 2, shift 3)
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