Betty by Gary Delainey and Gerry Rasmussen for September 28, 2023

I don’t even remember my first phone # !

And then write it down somewhere when you forget it.

“After a cybersecurity audit mistakenly reset everyone’s password, a high school changed every student’s password to “Ch@ngeme!” giving every student the chance to hack into any other student’s account, according to emails obtained by TechCrunch.”

I am not making this up. Story here:

https://techcrunch.COM/2023/06/29/high-school-changes-every-students-password-to-chngeme/#:~:text=After%20a%20cybersecurity%20audit%20mistakenly,to%20emails%20obtained%20by%20TechCrunch.

ba dum tss

Get your password manager to generate it, that’s what they’re for. I favour KeePass myself.

All you need is an uncommon phrase with five or six words totally 20+ characters. The length is the most important part.

It’s all great until the Chinese point the full might of their Quantum computers at us. Or Google. They’re making them, too.

Then it’s the backstory of Ghost in the Shell.

Ermehgerd! That’s almost the method I use, Bub!

I write down all my passwords on paper, so I don’t forget them. Whoa, don’t go ballistic on me, I have a trick. I write clues to what the password is, making the clues look like a password!

(All I have to do is remember what the heck the clues are!) ☺

Been on the ‘Net since 1995, never hacked. Strong passwords but also attention to details. Don’t click on links in emails unless you are 1000% convinced they are actually from your company, not someone spoofing it. If you have business from a company, go directly to their website, don’t go there from an email link. VPN. Anti-virus protection.

I have found in creating a password a specific pattern works well, using gocomics as an example. 0!go2718xxxx. so all the passwords begin with 0! and then a portion of the site I’m logging into and the last eight another random created pattern that is somehow related to the site.

Me personally just go with the password suggestions then save it in password manager. A lot easier than keeping a list of passwords someone could otherwise steal

I make up phrases or a related sentence and use the first letter of each word, putting the Cap, numb3r or punctuation! as needed.

The guy who came up with this type of system of generating passwords has said that this is no better than using an easily remembered one. He apologized to everyone who followed his advice.

I have a bag of letters numbers and symbols that I use to create passwords. Just grab a handful and write them down as you lay them down. I sometimes need to double or triple dip to find a symbol