Diamond Lil by Brett Koth for November 01, 2015

Try Password1. It works for LOTS of people. Or, try 12345. Never use %^&*stUpiDisahorse*n&m.

Uh-oh, the withering stare is back.

I absolutely LOVE this strip. It’s always laugh out loud funny☺☺☺☺♥♥♥☺☺☺

I use obscure terms/words, mixing the capitalization and a few numbers/symbols. Obscure songs really work well.

Go ahead, Lil, then you can see all of Edna’s e-mails.

@mfhorn4: One website demanded that my password be at least 16 characters long – no lie. I chose an unprintable phrase and it has served me well.

This actually happened to me. When signing on one day, I was told I had to change my password. I tried one and it was rejected with an explanation of the rules, which included “No recently-used passwords”. The one I had tried, I had never used before and it passed all the other requirements, so I tried it again. Nope. I came up with another one that I checked several times to be sure it complied. Rejected. A third. Denied. In desperation, I tried the password I had been using before the password-changing messages from Hell began. Passed.

My IT son suggests using a pattern rather than a password. It’s easier to remember and harder to crack. Something like rtyhnbvfg.

thank you for the chuckle – passwords always work for me except when they don’t

How about “DonalddaisymickeyminnieplutogoofyhueydeweySacramento” for the password? Contains 8 characters and a capitol.

Takes too long to type in.