Several years ago, Randall Munro (xkcd webcomic) pointed out that those numbers, capitals and “special” characters don’t do anything to make passwords harder for machines to guess, just harder for people to remember. He suggested instead making passwords from randomly chosen words (easy for you to remember) that add up to a lot of characters (lots of entropy, hard for computers to guess). For example, “CorrectHorseBatteryStaple.”
In one of those things that never happens, our IT guy actually read this strip and the reasoning behind it, removed all the caps/numbers/special requirements and said “just make it nice and long.” He even linked to the xkcd comic.
Lil, never mind the “tax bracket” stuff. Judging by the number of books I didn’t see you signing in the last several years—I mean, weeks (just seems like years)—I doubt this even lifts you above the poverty line.
Where? I don’t see her holding a flask… though I’m sure that between her singing and the Bedside Manure Orchestra’s playing, the audience members were pretty “spirited”!
He explicitly tweeted and yelled a few days ago, ordering his cult members to show up and protest his “unjust” trial in New York. Exactly one pro-Trump protester showed up.
Several years ago, Randall Munro (xkcd webcomic) pointed out that those numbers, capitals and “special” characters don’t do anything to make passwords harder for machines to guess, just harder for people to remember. He suggested instead making passwords from randomly chosen words (easy for you to remember) that add up to a lot of characters (lots of entropy, hard for computers to guess). For example, “CorrectHorseBatteryStaple.”
In one of those things that never happens, our IT guy actually read this strip and the reasoning behind it, removed all the caps/numbers/special requirements and said “just make it nice and long.” He even linked to the xkcd comic.