As passwords become longer and more complicated, creating, and remembering them, is becoming a complication in itself.
Passwords today typically need to be seven to 14 characters long, include at least one keyboard symbol or special character, be alpha-numeric, and also consist of upper and lower case letters.
On top of that, we’re not supposed to write [...]
Complex passwords made simple
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 25 February, 2008 to the technology subset
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Are you suffering from password pressure?
Posted by John Lampard on Saturday, 19 January, 2008 to the technology subset
Are you suffering from password pressure?
MyPetCatsName no longer cuts it, especially if you use kitty’s name as a password for all the applications and services you access.
The password pressure of modern life means that 61% of us use the same password wherever we can, according to a survey commissioned by digital communications agency @www. In [...]
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Write Protect?
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 2 February, 2005 to the technology subset
Computer and system access passwords will probably be subject to some sort of standard, or formal guideline, before too much longer. A growing number of organisations, concerned with data security and system integrity, have already established preferred password configurations, and are insisting that these now have a greater degree of complexity than in the past.
People [...]
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