Plus, our password changes every three months and it has to have caps and numbers and can't match the previous five.
Ours changes every three months, has to be between 8 and 13 characters long, has to have caps, numbers, and symbols, and I don't think we can re-use passwords at all.
This confuses the less tech-savvy among our interns so much that I've taken to teaching them how to construct passwords: "Say your mother's name is Jane and she was born in 1929. So make your password Jane@1929 or Jane1929! and you're good to go. Really any person or event that you associate with a date or other number, and stick an exclamation point on the end. Just don't do YOUR name or birthday, SSN, or whatever, because that's kinda dumb."
oooh. is it 'goddess'? or 'awesome'? or 'password'?
Close.
"1-2-3-4-5? That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! The kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!"
I won't even get into how insecure that type of user name system is. All some needs to do is get a company directory and they have everyone's username.
You'd think a company that owned major financial interests would be more into security.
DH wants me to do a polar bear plunge with him this weekend. The man must be insane.
My sister did one of these into the Puget Sound a few January 1sts ago. All I had to say was "Brrrrr..."
I went into an ice cold plunge pool in a spa in London once. I hope it's similar. It's for charity and DH wants me to do it wth him. I think it's craxy but it might be the fun kind of craxy.
"1 2 3 4 5? That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage! Prepare Spaceball 1 for immediate departure!" "Yes, sir!" "And change the combination on my luggage!"
I went into an ice cold plunge pool in a spa in London once. I hope it's similar.
Problem with a polar bear plunge is that you have to factor in the air temperature. I'll bet the spa's air temp was above 70 degrees, whereas the plunge will be outdoor temp--a significant difference!
Me an' juliana: Twins in stupid movie-dom.
I have those sorts of rules for the password to the student information system here. I have my password written down under my keyboard, because I hardly ever have to log in. Someone would still need my user name, the user name for my department, and the password for my department, so it is still fairly safe. Also, I can't make changes, only look at info. And I can't she SSN's
