On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:00:46 -0000, Mr. Man-wai Chang <[email protected]> wrote:
On 20/2/2023 8:42 pm, Chris wrote:
You should use your brain to memorize all 25-character random strings. :)
At work one time, I set up my password as a 25 character random string via >>> my password manager which was great until they decided to sync the network >>> password with the local password on my machine. So when when I needed to >>> login after a reboot or screensaver kicks in I had to type it in manually. >>
Our brains are pretty shit really.
On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 20:04:48 -0000, J. J. Lodder:
Mr. Man-wai Chang <[email protected]> wrote:
On 20/2/2023 8:42 pm, Chris wrote:
At work one time, I set up my password as a 25 character random
string via my password manager which was great until they decided to
sync the network password with the local password on my machine. So
when when I needed to login after a reboot or screensaver kicks in I
had to type it in manually.
You should use your brain to memorize all 25-character random strings. >>:)
No problem with that at all, for me.
The problem is memorising a few particular ones,
Are you telling me you can remember something like �Q%HarbE^7jaerH$j4w6j?
Am 04.03.23 um 02:27 schrieb Commander Kinsey:
On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:00:46 -0000, Mr. Man-wai Chang:
On 20/2/2023 8:42 pm, Chris wrote:
At work one time, I set up my password as a 25 character random string via
my password manager which was great until they decided to sync the network
password with the local password on my machine. So when when I needed to >>> login after a reboot or screensaver kicks in I had to type it in manually.
You should use your brain to memorize all 25-character random strings. :)
Our brains are pretty shit really.
Simply irrelevant for the survival of mankind.
Joerg Lorenz <[email protected]> wrote:
Am 04.03.23 um 02:27 schrieb Commander Kinsey:
On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:00:46 -0000, Mr. Man-wai Chang:
On 20/2/2023 8:42 pm, Chris wrote:Our brains are pretty shit really.
At work one time, I set up my password as a 25 character random string via
my password manager which was great until they decided to sync the network
password with the local password on my machine. So when when I needed to >>>>> login after a reboot or screensaver kicks in I had to type it in manually.
You should use your brain to memorize all 25-character random strings. :) >>>
Simply irrelevant for the survival of mankind.
"I don't need to be able to outrun a bear"
"It's good enough if I can outrun you"
Commander Kinsey <[email protected]> wrote:
On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 20:04:47 -0000, J. J. Lodder:
Alan Browne <[email protected]> wrote:
On 2023-02-20 07:33, J. J. Lodder wrote:
mechanic <[email protected]> wrote:
On Sun, 19 Feb 2023 22:56:10 -0000 (UTC), Chris wrote:
As long as people need to type in passwords they aren't going to
use long and complicated strings.
No excuse!
And long passwords need not be difficult.
1RoseByAnyOtherNameWillSmellAsSweet!
will be just fine,
Good, but insert a few numbers/spec chars in the middle too ... along
with a misspelled word and caps in the "wrong" places ... and it will be >> >> as good as random where a dictionary+brute force attack occurs.
Most sites insist nowadays on at least one digit,
one capitalised letter, and one special sign.
My example complies,
The insistance is irritating. I make a nice easy to remember password to
use everywhere, then along comes a place with yet one more requirement.
If you have a different password for every single thing, people have to
write them down, and there goes security. Mine are all in an unencrypted
text file.
Yes. You can make a small encrypted disk image though,
(using Disk Utility) and put the file on that.
Then you only need to remember the password for the passwords....
I've seen them on postit notes on the side of people's
monitors.
Yes, French TV5 got hacked that way, sometime ago.
They had the bright idea of showing their TV viewers
how the worked in the studio.
Some viewer noted the yellow piece of paper
with the master password, stuck on a screen,
Am 04.03.23 um 11:14 schrieb J. J. Lodder:
Joerg Lorenz <[email protected]> wrote:
Am 04.03.23 um 02:27 schrieb Commander Kinsey:
On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:00:46 -0000, Mr. Man-wai Chang:
On 20/2/2023 8:42 pm, Chris wrote:Our brains are pretty shit really.
At work one time, I set up my password as a 25 character random string via
my password manager which was great until they decided to sync the network
password with the local password on my machine. So when when I needed to >>>>>> login after a reboot or screensaver kicks in I had to type it in manually.
You should use your brain to memorize all 25-character random strings. :) >>>>
Simply irrelevant for the survival of mankind.
"I don't need to be able to outrun a bear"
"It's good enough if I can outrun you"
Dummschw�tzer.
Commander Kinsey <[email protected]> wrote:
On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 20:04:48 -0000, J. J. Lodder:
Mr. Man-wai Chang <[email protected]> wrote:
On 20/2/2023 8:42 pm, Chris wrote:
At work one time, I set up my password as a 25 character random
string via my password manager which was great until they decided to
sync the network password with the local password on my machine. So
when when I needed to login after a reboot or screensaver kicks in I
had to type it in manually.
You should use your brain to memorize all 25-character random strings.
:)
No problem with that at all, for me.
The problem is memorising a few particular ones,
Are you telling me you can remember something like �Q%HarbE^7jaerH$j4w6j?
Do read again what I wrote,
What exactly did I miss?No problem with that at all, for me.
The problem is memorising a few particular ones,
Am 04.03.23 um 02:27 schrieb Commander Kinsey:
On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:00:46 -0000, Mr. Man-wai Chang <[email protected]> wrote:
On 20/2/2023 8:42 pm, Chris wrote:Our brains are pretty shit really.
You should use your brain to memorize all 25-character random strings. :) >>
At work one time, I set up my password as a 25 character random string via >>>> my password manager which was great until they decided to sync the network >>>> password with the local password on my machine. So when when I needed to >>>> login after a reboot or screensaver kicks in I had to type it in manually. >>>
Simply irrelevant for the survival of mankind.
On Sat, 04 Mar 2023 10:14:12 -0000, J. J. Lodder <[email protected]>:
Commander Kinsey <[email protected]> wrote:
On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 20:04:48 -0000, J. J. Lodder:
Mr. Man-wai Chang <[email protected]> wrote:
On 20/2/2023 8:42 pm, Chris wrote:
At work one time, I set up my password as a 25 character random
string via my password manager which was great until they decided to >> >> > sync the network password with the local password on my machine. So >> >> > when when I needed to login after a reboot or screensaver kicks in I >> >> > had to type it in manually.
You should use your brain to memorize all 25-character random strings. >> >>:)
No problem with that at all, for me.
The problem is memorising a few particular ones,
Are you telling me you can remember something like �Q%HarbE^7jaerH$j4w6j?
Do read again what I wrote,
You only wrote:
What exactly did I miss?No problem with that at all, for me.
The problem is memorising a few particular ones,
Commander Kinsey <[email protected]> wrote:
On Sat, 04 Mar 2023 10:14:12 -0000, J. J. Lodder <[email protected]>: >>
Commander Kinsey <[email protected]> wrote:
On Mon, 20 Feb 2023 20:04:48 -0000, J. J. Lodder:Do read again what I wrote,
Mr. Man-wai Chang <[email protected]> wrote:
On 20/2/2023 8:42 pm, Chris wrote:
At work one time, I set up my password as a 25 character random
string via my password manager which was great until they decided to >> >> >> > sync the network password with the local password on my machine. So >> >> >> > when when I needed to login after a reboot or screensaver kicks in I >> >> >> > had to type it in manually.
You should use your brain to memorize all 25-character random strings. >> >> >>:)
No problem with that at all, for me.
The problem is memorising a few particular ones,
Are you telling me you can remember something like �Q%HarbE^7jaerH$j4w6j? >> >
You only wrote:
What exactly did I miss?No problem with that at all, for me.
The problem is memorising a few particular ones,
I can remember all of them, and none in particular,
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