My dad frequently asks me when the day will come that we will no longer need passwords. He happily tells me that he would rather not have passwords at all because they are too hard to remember. Here is a good tip I learned for coming up with a long password that is difficult to [...]
It’s that time again! What time you may ask, the time to reset your password because it is about to expire. We all dread having to reset our passwords because it is just something else that we have to remember. Well before you set that new password, let me provide some food for thought. Majority [...]
Many of us are of an age that we can remember not having to have an internet password for ANYTHING, because there WAS NO INTERNET! I can’t even remember this time, but at the risk of dating myself, I do recall learning to type on a TYPEWRITER! However, in this day and age, not only [...]
Hey all, How often a day are you digging through your emails, or notes, looking for that password to your bank information, or your favorite consumer site? Sometimes you just can’t find it, and then you get stuck in a vicious circle of “forgot password’s” and CAPTCHA’S (you know those ridiculously curvy funny letters you [...]
In part 1 of my discussion of passwords I warned you about using the same password on many sites. In short, it’s important to not only use a complex password but also to not use the same password on more than one site – no matter how complex it is. So now that you’re using [...]
Passwords! You know you need them but how good are the ones you use? Check out our earlier post on email security and let’s see if you recognize your password from this list of the most common passwords used. Did you see yours? Or some slight variation of yours such as “letmein1″? Do you think [...]
Choosing the right password – What’s it to me? In today’s world technology is always right at all of our fingertips. All things considered, this is a good thing to most people. Still, we must work to keep our personal identities safe. How would you honestly answer this question: How safe am I being on [...]
In this password crazy world, you may need some help keeping all of yours straight! I personally have got in the habit of keeping a running log of these starred in my personal email account – but of course, this poses problems when certain programs prompt you to keep changing your password ever X number [...]