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Author: Michael Havens
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Subject: Re: someone figured out my email address
Your an expat, Derek? Where are you from?

On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Derek Trotter <>wrote:

> It's safe to give this one out since I no longer use it.
> commodorecondellossaltrivernavyband
>
> On 11/21/2011 20:11, Lisa Kachold wrote:
>
> 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~(-:
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> Please protect my address like I protect yours. When sending messages to multiple recipients, always use the BCC: (Blind carbon copy) and not To: or CC:. Also remove all of the addresses from the message body before forwarding the message. These simple measures prevent spy programs from capturing the addresses shown in the recipient list and the message body.
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