my little cousin told me once: "hey, I've spotted dad's typing his computer's secret password! Lemme type it to you..." and she typed ******** ...she was 16, btw
ROTFL!!! As funny as that is, I wonder if anyone actually tried using that as a password? Think of it, it may be the simplest to use, and yet possibly the hardest password to figure out!
LOL! You are one of the culprits! DYKT : Your e-mail accounts may be hacked and used to spam people like us???
ROFL I only use simple passwords when I'm forced to register an account on other forums/websites. For email accounts that I use regularly, I don't do that
I have to admit that they are easy to remember. I once created very complicated passwords, as advised by folks - a complex combination of characters and numbers but man... the worst happened - I totally forgot it within the week!! So we really have to balance between easy-to-remember passwords and something that is secure enough to deter most hackers. Otherwise, we will spend our time asking the e-mail or forum scripts to e-mail us our forgotten passwords! Speaking of passwords, do you guys have a system for your passwords? Do you like use a single password for everything, or different passwords according to security level / type of application, etc?
I think 2-3 sets of password should be more than sufficient. But in my office, I'm forced to change password every 3 months, and some of the systems do not allow similar password, dictionary words! It's a real headache trying to remember them. It's no wonder people always forget their password!