Betty by Gary Delainey and Gerry Rasmussen for June 14, 2011

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    inshadowz  over 13 years ago

    Been through a couple of web services that would compare your selected password to a dictionary and complain if anything in the password resembled anything in the dictionary. They might as well save us the hassle of coming up with something totally random, and instead create totally random text-and-number strings that match their criteria, and offer those to the users.

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    inshadowz  over 13 years ago

    If you’re stumped for passwords, you may want to try this one: http://www.random.org/strings/

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    bdaverin  over 13 years ago

    It’s called symbol/letter substitution. Zero for O. One for I or L. And so forth.

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    peconpie2  over 13 years ago

    Picking a word from an ancient language rarely used outside Academia works also.

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    Kala Premium Member over 13 years ago

    I picked the name of my daughters favourite toy then added the number 1. I have to change my work password every 6 weeks so I keep the same word but change the number.

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    ted.hering  over 13 years ago

    You have to jump through more password “hoops” on some of these sites (say, to download a file, or leave a movie review) than you do to log onto your bank account!

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