Passwords.. how good is yours?

[tapu]

Question: I once advised some friends (well, colleagues) that you could use your childhood phone number, along with a letter or two. Area code included depending on how many characters you need. They liked that because it was easy to remember what the number was, as well as what they'd decided to use as a password.

I understand the limited longevity, but in general, is there anything to say about that?

[LaneyDoll]

Originally Posted by tapu

Question: I once advised some friends (well, colleagues) that you could use your childhood phone number, along with a letter or two. Area code included depending on how many numbers you need.

What do you think of this, Linus, or others?

Oh, now I could easily do this. I would rather enter numbers---so much easier.

(eagerly awaiting replies from the tech people)

[Linus]

Originally Posted by tapu

Question: I once advised some friends (well, colleagues) that you could use your childhood phone number, along with a letter or two. Area code included depending on how many characters you need. They liked that because it was easy to remember what the number was, as well as what they'd decided to use as a password.

I understand the limited longevity, but in general, is there anything to say about that?

That is something that's searchable and can be found thanks to the various sites that collect information about individuals. One of the things I recommend to people is to use things that aren't easily tied to you.

For example, I consider myself Buddhist but if I use a phrase or quote out of the Torah or Koran or a quote from Brian Green's "The Hidden Reality", that'd be unexpected and not something easily known about me.