Do you have a complicated password or a simple password for your home computer? If you have a complicated password explain why (I Don't want my mom to see all the p0rn I got on my computer etc).
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Do you have a complicated password or a simple password for your home computer? If you have a complicated password explain why (I Don't want my mom to see all the p0rn I got on my computer etc).
Complicated, for the same reason ive coated the inside of my house with tinfoil!
. . . And to hid your p0rn too!!Quote:
Originally Posted by CodedFire
:lol::lol::lol::lol:
No password. Coz i and my GF are only users of that, i trust her and i have no stuff on my HDD that i must hide or protect from her or somebody else.
Complicated, because I came up with a very simple means to remember them many years ago, so what will look like random alphanumeric characters to most people has deep meaning to me.
I have a strange proficiency for remembering passwords, so all of my accounts have complex alphanumeric strings with a few other wacky characters thrown in for good measure. Like Shaggy, they usually have some meaning to me. I can't remember total gibberish.
I don't use my desktop for much of anything but *ahem* large data storage.
I don't bother with a password at home. I'm the only one who uses it, and it'd probably confuse anybody else if they tried to use it. The work computer, on the other hand, has a strong password on it. Caps, numbers, and special characters.. and it's a mutilation of something that's easy for me to remember.
I have a BIOS password, an encrypted partition with a 50 character password and a complex password to logon to Windows. Why? Because I choose too. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Mark Gambo
Ah the important question, are all your passwords the same for all of your logins and if so, what are they?
This is a contradictory statement.Quote:
Originally Posted by CodedFire
No its not, i would like to KNOW there passwords
I use the URL of the web page as the password. If it's a dialog box, I use the dialog box's .Title property. If it's a dialog box in Java, I get as far away from it as possible.
Just out of curiosity for those of you who use mostly different passwords (complicated or not) for different sites, how do you "remember" what they are. I use a password-protected .doc file. I know that that's probably not foolproof but it's good enough for my home PC.
I keep them in the most secure place possible. My head. :D
BTW, one of the best ways to remember a password is not to remember it at all. Come up with a really esoteric password of about 15 characters (just random keys will do), like:
The first week of typing it, it will be a real pain and you will have to keep looking at it. after bout a week your fingers will start to remember the pattern of keys on the keyboard and you will type it automagically and still not know the password. It is an excellent method and very secure; even the NSA with their truth serum will have trouble getting it :D.Code:4B$he4'n72^hHWqV%1}
Here's a program that will generate strong passwords.
I have a simple password for windows because just in case my GF needs to use it...
But I have 2 hard-drives, with 3 TrueCrypt partitions and difficult passwords.
1 Of the TrueCrypt partition is for programming, and personal files (like pictures, documents, etc...)
I dont have a password on my home computer. I prefer locking my front door.
TrueCrypt rocks.
I write all my passwords down and keep them on a sheet of paper by the computer. However, since all my passwords come from one of a couple of simple sources, what I write down is something that will remind me of the source and interpretation of the source. Therefore, if somebody saw the sheet of paper, it would do them no good, as it holds neither the source where the password was derived from, nor what the derivation is, nor the password.
I just slam my face against the keyboard the same way each time, it works out.
I'm with visualad on this one.
A password that has a 'meaning' can by definition be derived by someone else although it may be difficult. eg birthdays and such will typically be the first thing a cracker will try.
Remembering strong passwords is just a matter of practice. Where I work the policy is strong passwords for all machines anywhere no matter what. For my first week I had to carry a bit of paper in my pocket with 3 passwords on it because they looked evil. After a month I had at least 10 in my head that I could reel off quickly, now adding more is a matter of typing it in a few times and it just sticks with me. 2 years on I've got about 30 rattling around up there and its getting harder to remember more. Many of those are obsolete anyway but I guess its harder to unlearn something than to learn it.
However the world would be much less interesting if everyone used strong passwords :D
The only problem now is remembering which of those 30 passwords you have used for that dman online banking service you signed up with. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by wossname
That's my problem. I have one base word that I use for everything, and various modifications to match whatever is immediately needed... then I promptly forget which variation is for what use...
I'm not with visualad on this one. Having some means to remember something often helps. The key is to find something that is gibberish to begin with, like a string of alphanumeric abbreviations. In context, they might mean something to somebody, but taken out of context, they are meaningless. Consider the string 5mah96v. It looks pretty meaningless (and short, but it's just an example), yet it could mean several different things. As it happens, it is (roughly) what is written on the side of a battery I am currently charging for my robot (it's actually 5000mah, and 9.6V, but turning that into the string I used above is pretty obvious).
Many of my passwords come from an incident about fifteen years ago when I was asked for a password for my new e-mail account. I had nothing in mind, so I picked up the first thing that came to hand and read off a string. The item was something that many people have (though VERY rarely in a bedroom, but I was in a one room place at the time, so everything was in the bedroom), yet nobody would look at my passwords and understand them.
I don't have a password on my home PC. It's pointless.
I do, however, have a SINGLE password to remember for:
Work PC
Online Banking
Online Stores
Cellphone "PIN" (I just type the numbers corresponding to the letters on my cellphone)
IM Applications
etc...
Could i have it?
What do you call a dog with no nose?Quote:
Originally Posted by BillGeek
No! :mad: :D :afrog:Quote:
Originally Posted by CodedFire
Do tell... :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by VisualAd
I believe VisualAd has once again managed to bungle a joke, as he is wont to do.
He is supposed to say "My dog has no nose", which you are to follow by asking "How does he smell?"
VisualAd will then promptly reply "He smells like a dog" and we'll all have a good laugh.
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Originally Posted by mendhak
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Originally Posted by mendhak
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Originally Posted by BillGeek
We need a poll...
Poll about what?
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Originally Posted by BillGeek
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Originally Posted by wossname
Here you go:
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lol.
my problem isn't remembering the password, it's remembering the username. I use lordorwell for nearly everything i belong to, but somehow other people decided that it was a good username also. Plus some sites (example: myspace) want an email account AS the username. What if you have 7 different email accounts? (i actually have four but you get the idea). Then another site decided spaces weren't allowed and another one required a capital letter in the user name.
As for passwords, i have a couple of generic ones that i shuffle between randomly. I only have two, but They are both at least 8 digits, resemble a word to the human eye, but still contain both numbers and letters. My Home system (and my wife's) both have a logon password, a return from screensaver password, etc. We don't hide anything from each other (i know all her passwords and she's actually using one of mine). The passwords are there because we have high-speed networked and when you login you are automatically on the net. We have guests occasionally over and i don't want my system screwed with. My brother managed to put the only virus on my wife's computer it's ever had, when we actually allowed him to use it. It managed to scramble the MFT while it was at it. I managed to salvage and repair the install, but it took almost an entire day (note that this was a win2k professional system).
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Originally Posted by MaximilianMayrhofer
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Originally Posted by BillGeek
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Originally Posted by MaximilianMayrhofer
Wow he's like a representation of your strength and your maturity at the same time!