thejetset Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 "flash" ... or maybe "thunder" .... common' .... how many of you are guilty?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 never used any of em, and oppos with whom I shared passwords never did either. I think it's just you... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejetset Posted January 7, 2012 Author Share Posted January 7, 2012 Nope!! ... I use "kilroy"! lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I generally use one of the three same passwords for everything. im lazy, and poor so identity theft isnt high on my threat list. ( i have bad credit as well =D ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cogust Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 I use the complete lyrics to 'God save the Queen', no spaces. Turns take a while to finish, or start, to be more precise. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridethe415 Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 "password" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I read that something like "...word..." is a harder to crack password than (say) "4$67as9g%l" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poesel Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I read that something like "...word..." is a harder to crack password than (say) "4$67as9g%l" No - a so called dictionary attack uses common words from a, surprise, dictionary to guess passwords. The former is harder to crack but the latter much harder to remember. And a password you can't remember is useless. I recommend this: http://xkcd.com/936/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Supposedly, according to the article I read, the the use of "..." before and after the easy word makes it hard to crack. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poesel Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Supposedly, according to the article I read, the the use of "..." before and after the easy word makes it hard to crack. Ahh, sorry. You meant literally '...' and not as a placeholder. Yes, you are right then. Unless the cracker has read the article, too... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Well... the "..." was just an example. The point I was happy to learn is that one can use easy to remember words and simply add multiple, easy to remember, symbols to get a very tough to crack password, as opposed to those monstrosities using random numbers and symbols that are often recommended, but very hard to remember. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLaurier Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 I use the name of a fictional ship who's home port is the Eiser obital shipyard. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenAsJade Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 As Erwin and xkcd said: the most secure passwords are pass phrases: easy to remember, hard to crack. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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