How to Protect Your Password

[Andrew Harris]

Sorry, by comment in that mail, I meant comic.

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Andrew Harris <tuna at supertunaman.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> -eric
>> On Aug 15, 2011, at 3:49 PM, Dazed_75 wrote:
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>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> 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
>>> To:
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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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>>> <Mail Attachment.jpeg>
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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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>>>  <Mail Attachment.jpeg>
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>>> For a high level of risk, this method ensures ultimate security:
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>>>  <Mail Attachment.jpeg>
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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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>>> because the flow that has passed will never pass again.
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>>> --
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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
>>>
>>> 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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