Passwords

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:46

Here is a semi intetresting article on passwords used for things on computers.

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16% of passwords matched a person's first name.

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14% of passwords were patterns on the keyboard

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4% are variations of the word "password"

And so on. Some of the commentary made me smile.

4thDimension · **Joined:** 11th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 332

"1234? That's like an idiot's luggage combination!"

"Remind me to change my luggage combination"

GazChap · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:22

Code:

Enter password> ********
The password is incorrect. Please try again.

Enter password> *******
The password is incorrect. Please try again.

Enter password> *********
Told you! Bloody idiot, what's wrong with you? Can't you READ? In fact, I'm not going to let you in now on the grounds that you're a prat. Fuck off.

Session terminated by host.

Rodafowa · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:49

The default password I use for sites where my account being hacked would be an inconvenience not a disaster is in the top 20.

Whoops.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:50

Rodafowa wrote:

The default password I use for sites where my account being hacked would be an inconvenience not a disaster is in the top 20.

Whoops.

"In the top 20" is a good password though.

Malabelm · **Posted:** Wed Feb 11, 2009 12:24

I left the room while my girlfriend activated her debit card for verification online yesterday, entering several bits of information and then choosing a password for the future.

She wrote the password down and, not only did she leave it right on my desk, she used a password that would be staggeringly easy to guess if you knew her name

Must teach her.

sinister agent · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 7046

Top tip: if you register with anything council-related that requires a password, use one you don't use for anything else. Unless you want people like me to have potential access to your email every time you visit the library.

Shin · **Posted:** Wed Feb 11, 2009 23:40

I doubt anyone would be able to guess mine in a million years as they are fucking weird and nothing to do with anything in particular.

That's not a challenge btw

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

If anyone wants me to check if any of their passwords are safe or not, just post them in this thread, and I will let you know.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11858

Shin wrote:

I doubt anyone would be able to guess mine in a million years as they are fucking weird and nothing to do with anything in particular.

That's not a challenge btw

Yes it is!

GazChap · **Posted:** Wed Feb 11, 2009 23:50

My password for this forum was one of those 20 in the list. D'oh.

Ramsea · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 963

My password for work is in the top 5...but who cares if that gets hacked?

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:17

Ramsea wrote:

My password for work is in the top 5...but who cares if that gets hacked?

Jacqui Smith.

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