/dev/null Posted October 12, 2010 Posted October 12, 2010 http://www.securityweek.com/survey-reveals-how-stupid-people-are-their-passwords
boyst Posted October 13, 2010 Posted October 13, 2010 On 10/12/2010 at 10:44 PM, /dev/null said: http://www.securityweek.com/survey-reveals-how-stupid-people-are-their-passwords I am not at all surprised. My last job I had the password password01 than added a number after each time it had to change. Even better - I told a lot of people. I left the job a long while ago and as far as I know they still use my user name and password.
/dev/null Posted October 13, 2010 Author Posted October 13, 2010 On 10/13/2010 at 12:35 AM, jboyst62 said: I am not at all surprised. My last job I had the password password01 than added a number after each time it had to change. Password does not meet password complexity. Must contain at least 2 upper case, 2 lower case, 2 digits, and 2 special characters. Must be at least 12 characters in length On 10/13/2010 at 12:35 AM, jboyst62 said: Even better - I told a lot of people. I left the job a long while ago and as far as I know they still use my user name and password. Me and you would not have gotten along. No sir, I would have taken issue with that and you would not have liked me one bit
LeviF Posted October 13, 2010 Posted October 13, 2010 (edited) On 10/12/2010 at 10:44 PM, /dev/null said: http://www.securityweek.com/survey-reveals-how-stupid-people-are-their-passwords Every two months my bank makes me change my password to view my statements online. I take 5 minutes that day and change my passwords to everything. However, I make sure that the password to my social networking accounts, my e-mail accounts, and my bank account are all different. If everyone did it this way, it'd be a hell of a lot harder for someone to get a hold of another person's account of any type (provided, of course, that the passwords you set aren't obvious). Only one I tend to not change is the password to get on my computer. I should probably get on that. Edited October 13, 2010 by LeviF91
boyst Posted October 13, 2010 Posted October 13, 2010 On 10/13/2010 at 12:50 AM, /dev/null said: Password does not meet password complexity. Must contain at least 2 upper case, 2 lower case, 2 digits, and 2 special characters. Must be at least 12 characters in length for our inventory system, it would. I technically did use Pasword01, 02, 03, but didn't feel like specifying that. On 10/13/2010 at 12:50 AM, /dev/null said: Me and you would not have gotten along. No sir, I would have taken issue with that and you would not have liked me one bit What is even funnier, my ID badge still gets me in...not that it matters - the doors are always open. We had a great IT department they just didn't meddle with the little things. They only clear the user logs yearly. The sharing was common place, it took up to 5 weeks to get logins.
Dan Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 On 10/13/2010 at 12:50 AM, /dev/null said: Password does not meet password complexity. Must contain at least 2 upper case, 2 lower case, 2 digits, and 2 special characters. Must be at least 12 characters in length Me and you would not have gotten along. No sir, I would have taken issue with that and you would not have liked me one bit Password security and all is great.. .but you've got, what... 6-10 different things/sites that are password protected (ATM, Home security, computer logon, email1, email2, Amazon, some Travel Site, Bank site, TBD, a few other misc sites). So, you're supposed to have separate and unique passwords for each of these complete with special characters and change them every few months - without writing them down? Give me a break. I'd like to see data on how many people get their specific accounts broken into because someone stole/guessed their password. Seems like most of the problems come from when someone hacks into Amazon and gets everyone's info; not from someone hacking individual Amazon accounts (for ex). Maybe I'm wrong.
Just Jack Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 On 10/14/2010 at 6:49 AM, Dan said: Password security and all is great.. .but you've got, what... 6-10 different things/sites that are password protected (ATM, Home security, computer logon, email1, email2, Amazon, some Travel Site, Bank site, TBD, a few other misc sites). So, you're supposed to have separate and unique passwords for each of these complete with special characters and change them every few months - without writing them down? Give me a break. My parents use one of these for remembering their sites and passwords.... Internet Password Organizer I'm thinking of getting one myself.
Albany,n.y. Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 When I was working they made us keep changing our passwords. I really didn't care about my work PC being password protected, since there was nothing on there I wouldn't be sharing with co-workers anyway. So I just started using one letter of the alphabet 5 times. The 1st time it was aaaaa, second bbbbb etc. Then they added alpha, symbol, & numeric requirements. So I then used my initials, the @ sign & then 5 digits starting with 1. Fortunately, I left before I ran out of password combinations. My last one was hl@77777. Every time I typed it in I thought of Mickey Mantle.
HopsGuy Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 You know, they had retinal scanning in one of the Bond movies in the '80s. WTF? My laptop has a fingerprint scanner. Of course if it's on for more than a few hours, it stops working. Drat!
LewPort71 Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 On 10/14/2010 at 9:00 AM, Just Jack said: My parents use one of these for remembering their sites and passwords.... Internet Password Organizer I'm thinking of getting one myself. Jack...You should always listen to your parents
Just Jack Posted October 14, 2010 Posted October 14, 2010 On 10/14/2010 at 4:08 PM, LewPort71 said: Jack...You should always listen to your parents I never said I don't.
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 15, 2010 Posted October 15, 2010 (edited) Hope my son doesn't read this board... His password was so easy to figure out! I just play dumb and make him think I don't know his login account password for his computer. Of course he is only 12 years and I am the sys admin. When he is older, I whill give him the tips for strengthening his password choices... For now, he is infallible and I am silently montioring... :lol: On 10/14/2010 at 9:00 AM, Just Jack said: My parents use one of these for remembering their sites and passwords.... Internet Password Organizer I'm thinking of getting one myself. Mine at work is a big pad of paper in book form, in a manilla evelope marked: "Achilles Heel" Has every crossed out password for the last 10 years. Anyway... Nobody will crack my chicken-scatch handwriting... Even in the wrong hands... Safer than any program made out there! Sometimes I can't even read the code... Edited October 15, 2010 by ExiledInIllinois
Just Jack Posted October 15, 2010 Posted October 15, 2010 On 10/15/2010 at 1:21 AM, ExiledInIllinois said: Sometimes I can't even read the code... I've done that at times, write things in code. For instance, on a to-do list I had a triangle and a check mark. It stood for balance checkbook.
ExiledInIllinois Posted October 15, 2010 Posted October 15, 2010 On 10/15/2010 at 1:36 AM, Just Jack said: I've done that at times, write things in code. For instance, on a to-do list I had a triangle and a check mark. It stood for balance checkbook. Then ontop of it my employer (gov't) has so many passwords/cac's that change every 90 to 160 days... Half the time I can't even figure how to get mine to work legit... Maybe they are doing something right?
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