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   John Pike said, 4 months ago

   Yep!!!
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   dukedoug said, 4 months ago

   Takeover by silicon-based lifeforms can’t be far away now …
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   win said, 4 months ago

   I use “password” as my password so I don’t forget. Damn! I just gave away my password?!
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   Jo Clear said, 4 months ago

   I dont know…Sometimes I wonder just who is running things…
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   Proginoskes said, 4 months ago

   @ win: I use eight asterisks!

   Oops.
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   Proginoskes said, 4 months ago

   In all seriousness, having a password like FourScoreAndSevenYearsAgo is much easier to remember and harder to crack than the sorts of passwords that we’re forced to memorize.
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   dukedoug said, 4 months ago

   @Proginoskes

   You mean a “passphrase” .? .. Made even more secure by replacing one or more letters with easy to remember alternative characters (e=3, a=@, c=( … and so on). Problem is, many password systems restrict the number and type of characters that can be used … no use having a 24-character passphrase if maximum password length is 8 characters, not containing (, ), @ etc.
   

   
   There’re too many “wonks” working in IT. I know, I work in IT.
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   BlueJayRobin said, 4 months ago

   99BEerz It almost sounds like password. Only different.
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   Richard S. Russell said, 4 months ago

   Most common password? “password”
   2nd most common? “1234”
   3rd most common: your birthday
   somewhere in the top 10: “secret”

   Hackers don’t really have to work all that hard.
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    AshburnStadium said, 4 months ago

    @Proginoskes

    At work, I’m currently using my mom’s address from her childhood! Who would figure that out, especially since it’s a very obscure name for her street?
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    Phatts California said, 4 months ago

    somebody did a study and found that for a 4 digit PIN, which theoretically has 10,000 combinations, roughly a fourth of the numbers chosen fall into one of 20 possibilities. Like, 1234, 7777, etc.
    
    so a person who steals your credit card has a 25% chance of guessing your PIN in 20 tries
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    Ronald Davis said, 4 months ago

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/passwordsafe/
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    phritzg said, 4 months ago

    I like to add Roman numerals to the letters and Arabic numerals I use.
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    Colonel Claus said, 4 months ago

    Comeon Guys. An EZ password… Your wedding anniversary, followed by the wife’s birthday. Any man worth his salt will remember those digits.

    I reckon thats why I get my head peppered twice a year.
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    Rickapolis said, 4 months ago

    Just make your password ‘PASSWORD’. Then you won’t forget it.
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