During a company's recent password audit, it was found that a blonde employee was using the following password:
"MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofySacramento"
When asked why she had such a long password, she said she was told that it had to be at least 8 characters long and include at least one capital.
I hate to single out any group of people and make fun of them-but since I am also a blonde (at least in the front of my hair-see accompanying photo) I am including myself in the group. Occasionally, I have been feeling a bit like a "dumb blonde" with all that I have been learning here on ActiveRain. However, once I get it-I get it-thankfully!
One thing I love from participating in this very active community, besides learning completely new things, is reminders of of information we have heard before, which has slipped down in the back of my minds. I have included some lessons below, inspired by Hans, my favorite Security Architect:
Make little phrases, from movies, Use backwards numbers for letters: 7 can be a T, and symbols as often as you can.
M@k3mid@>-
MakeMyDay
#@99Y&$@d
Happy&Sad
~~W@ve$~~
Waves
125#byXm@$
Put your goal weight ,
7m0r3#0u$eS
Real Estate goals:
Your passwords will be ranked STRONG, not WEAK, when you use something like this. And, no, I have never used any of these myself!
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