Security Tip Of The Weak Pa55w0rds

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Security Tip Of the Weak: Pa55w0rds!

See what I did there? Probably not.

Passwords. We all have ’em, we all need ’em, and we all use the same one everywhere*. Well, maybe except for your banking. That one is goooood. Amirite?

So what is a good password?

A good password is something a person with good knowledge about you couldn’t guess, and is long enough that a computer can’t crack it. That’s about it!

Err…shouldn’t I be using upper and lowercase letters, numbers, symbols, and undiscovered hieroglyphs in it?

Sure, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that, and it sure makes it hard for a human to guess. But if it is so complex that you have to write it down, it basically defeats the purpose.

Mongs at my work who have it taped to their keyboard! Read this!

Password complexity is pretty bollocks in my opinion, it makes passwords hard for humans to remember and easy for computers to guess (they don’t care about the letters really, only length, unless it is a purely dictionary based attack). Also, once you have a ‘good’ password, you are likely to use it in multiple places.

Enter: Password Managers.

A password manager is a bit of software for your PC and Phone, which uses one ‘master’ password to unlock, and then stores different passwords for you for each website. That way, if a site gets hacked, they only get the random password you used for that site. Check out Lastpass. I’ve even seen guys who just type in random shit into a sign up page, because they know they won’t use the account again. If you need it, use the forgot password link.

Most important, have a good password for banking and email. And remember to 2 factor all the things!!!!!

Obligatory xkcd

Hope you enjoyed this instalment. Keep safe guys.

*You REALLY think I would use the same password everywhere? Security is my life. Andsothereforearereallylongpasswords. 🙂

Posted on June 21, 2017June 21, 2017

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