Re: someone figured out my email address

Top Page
Attachments:
Message as email
+ (text/plain)
+ (text/html)
+ (text/plain)
Delete this message
Reply to this message
Author: Lisa Kachold
Date:  
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: someone figured out my email address
How about nursery rhymes using 1 st, 3rd or last character (or number)? Or
music lyrics?
On Nov 21, 2011 8:07 PM, "Stephen" <> wrote:

> I shoot for multisyllable nonsense that has a couple numbers tossed in.
> Smooth it so I can pronounce it phonetically and bingo secure password I
> don't forget. If you can say it you can remember it.
> On Nov 21, 2011 6:21 PM, "Lisa Kachold" <> wrote:
>
>> I believe you win the password security award, Hawks,
>> On Nov 21, 2011 1:41 PM, "Technomage Hawke" <>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> this is why I use a long password string with random characters (pigeon
>>> is so nice for this). usually I go with a character length longer than 20
>>> characters. since these are very hard to remember, I keep them on a usb
>>> dongle in an encrypted file. Because of this, I have only had to change my
>>> password (because of a security issue) only twice in the last 5 years.
>>>
>>> I am not sure how the security specialists on the list would treat this,
>>> but for me, it seems to be the best solution for the job at hand.
>>>
>>> also, I also never browse the web on a windows machine (safer that way).
>>> I use OS X for most of my mail and web browsing stuff. I use linux (as
>>> VINUX) for some development testing and for the above mentioned password
>>> and security items. it also keeps me from losing those skills I spent the
>>> last 16 years trying to use.
>>>
>>> -eric
>>>
>>> On Nov 21, 2011, at 12:04 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>>
>>> > Before I left for Peru I got an email from Google telling me that
>>> someone in China had accessed my gmail account and that I should change my
>>> password unless it was me accessing my account from China. Well, I changed
>>> my pass word. Then I went to Peru and was expecting them to send me another
>>> email but one never arrived.
>>> >
>>> > Someone figured out a password of seven numerals and 3 letters!
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>> > ---------------------------------------------------
>>> > PLUG-discuss mailing list -
>>> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
>>> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>>>
>>> ---------------------------------------------------
>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list -
>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>>>
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>> PLUG-discuss mailing list -
>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list -
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>

---------------------------------------------------
PLUG-discuss mailing list -
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss