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Hero+

3 years ago

Account Safety

How to keep your account and hardware safe 101: 1. Use strong passwords for you game account. 2. Use strong passwords for the associated E-mail account. 3. Do not share either of these passwords w...

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Xubunnytwo

3 years ago

@Asmodeus566 excellent post. Back in the 1990's, I worked at a company and found people using yellow post-it notes on their monitor with their password written on it.

hayhor

Hero

3 years ago

@Xubunnytwo I was at a customer earlier this week and they needed to log into a control pc. Where was the password? On a label attached to the bottom of the keyboard. They really need to start teaching pass phrases and not ridiculous passwords no one can remember.

CCbathwater
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@hayhor Modern version of people keeping their spare key under the doormat.
- Xubunnytwo
  3 years ago
  I have told people who have a hard time making a new password each month a simple method.
  Pick 3 random words that have no connection to each other. Such as a color, any animal, and an inanimate object. String them together without any spaces. Most passwords these days require capital letters mixed with lowercase. Capitalize each word. Add at least one special character (e.g. ! @ # $ % ^ & *). Finally replace only the vowels with numbers A = 4, E = 3, I = 1, O = 0 (zero), U = 6.
  For example;
  violet alpaca perfume
  VioletAlpacaPerfume
  VioletAlpaca&Perfume
  V10l3t4lp4c4&P3rf6m3
  Memorable image of a purple llama getting dosed with perfume and an easy to remember crypto key. But don't use my example, go make up your own passwords.