someone figured out my email address

[Lisa Kachold]

I believe you win the password security award, Hawks,
On Nov 21, 2011 1:41 PM, "Technomage Hawke" <technomage.hawke at gmail.com>
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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