 antdudeMatrix Ant
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antdude
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2013-Sep-29 11:28 am
Google Reveals the 10 Worst Password Ideas» techland.time.com/2013/0 ··· d-ideas/I'm not surprised by these common password ideas. |
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Reads as a Security 101 "no duh!" list... so why do people still use them? [/sarcasm]
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 vaxvmsferroequine fan
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I like to use the one that's always presented when queried for a password
ForgetYourPassword
Wonder why that's not on the list? |
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 Dustyn
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Ontario, CAN |
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1234
abcd
password
admin
To name just a few of the worst. |
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 dib22
join:2002-01-27
Kansas City, MO
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Recently a relative got an iphone, and they were using passwords that were pretty much 7 out of these 10 ideas.
When I showed them how I could track their every move, see all their pictures, see their schedules, and so on with the weak password they finally decided it was worth using a stronger password... which they proceeded to write down on paper... oh well. |
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 La LunaFly With The Angels My Beloved Son Chris
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La Luna
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2013-Sep-29 8:17 pm
For most users, writing them down on paper isn't a problem. Who else will see that paper in their home if they keep it in a drawer or something? The wife? The husband? The kids? If that's a problem, they've got BIGGER problems!
At work, that's a different story. |
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BlitzenZeusBurnt Out Cynic
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Work kept requiring me to change my password frequently, and it couldn't be similar to my last password. Quite a few people were writing them down as they were required to be complicated, and that actually defeated the security when people can't remember them. |
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 sivranVive Vivaldi
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Irving, TX |
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Looking at some of the comments, I have to wonder how many come from naive users, and how many from bad guys trying to convince people to use weak passwords.
Then again, what was it Einstein said about the universe and human stupidity.... yeah.... |
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Should Google Have Access to Passwords? |
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 H2OuUp2Happy to be here
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Sep2013
Oct2013
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are all bad too |
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 NOYBSt. John 3.16
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Forest Grove, OR
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Writing passwords down is only a problem if physical security is a problem. The notion that just because someone writes down a password it is not secure is nonsense.
Remember the reason for strong passwords that may result in people writing them down is to protect account from being compromised in the event of the site user credentials database being compromised. Not physical security breach.
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 Ian1
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said by Frederick46:Should Google Have Access to Passwords? I suspect Google runs password audits and attempts to brute-force groups of them from time to time. Many companies do this as well. |
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 NickD
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Princeton Junction, NJ
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Writing down a password at home isn't bad, the only people who could see it are people you trust. But writing it down at work is bad. It could get to people you can't trust. |
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 DownTheShorePray for Ukraine
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Beautiful NJ
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said by Frederick46:Should Google Have Access to Passwords? Recently, Google Apps conducted a study of 2,000 people to learn more about their methods for choosing account passwords. |
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Right, thanks. I appreciate that. |
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