How to Protect Your Password

[Andrew Harris]

The first mail is a set of images depicting a couple of knitted yarn
garments. One encompasses the hand and keyboard, the second wraps
around the head, a laptop screen, and all the space in between. Both
are apparently to protect from prying eyes. It is, of course,
tongue-in-cheek.

The second mail links to an XKCD comment criticizing password policies
based on character classes, nothing that the password "correct horse
battery staple" is both easier to remember and theoretically more
secure in terms of random entropy than the password "Tr0ub4ador&3".

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Technomage Hawke
<technomage.hawke at gmail.com> wrote:
> it would be nice if someone were to include a brief description of the images for those of us who are blind.
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> -eric
> On Aug 15, 2011, at 3:49 PM, Dazed_75 wrote:
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>> From: Larry A. Thiel <lthiel at mchsi.com>
>> Date: Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 3:09 PM
>> Subject: Fwd: Fw: How to Protect Your Password
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>>   Given the current climate re: concerns for computer and data security, I suggest you take this message seriously. This is for your own safety and security! If your workplace has been assessed and determined to be at a low level of risk, the following method is recommended to ensure no one can see your passwords or what you're typing:
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>> For a moderate level of risk, this method ensures no one can see your passwords, what you're typing, or which website you're visiting.....
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>> For a high level of risk, this method ensures ultimate security:
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>> Be safe out there people!
>>   PS  Anyone who can knit, here is new business opportunity!
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>> Time is like a river.
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>> You cannot touch the same water twice,
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>> A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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>> --
>> Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry
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>> The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.
>>   - Thomas Jefferson
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