someone figured out my email address

[Stephen]

On a side note I got this warning. And I traced it to a program I was
useing for something that was going through a Chinese server to get email
instead of direct. This weirded me out so o dropped it like a hot rock.
On Nov 21, 2011 8:07 PM, "Stephen" <cryptworks at gmail.com> 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" <lisakachold at obnosis.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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