Passwords. Yuck. You’ve got to hate them. I mean, yes, we all know how important security is and, yes, having unique, strong passwords for every single secure site and account you have is the only way to be safe, but how in the world are you supposed to remember the dozens of passwords and account names you have? You could use the same user name and password for virtually everything that allows you to make up your own, but that’s pretty much the worst possible solution – anyone who cracks one account has access to every account you have. Besides, there are still a lot of accounts that give you the password, username, or both, and those passwords are usually the ones that are pure gibberish and impossible to remember. Or you could result to the sticky note on your monitor (or far worse, what a relative of mine does, a Word document on his desktop – talk about an invitation to hackers) but while the sticky note approach is immune to online thievery, it’s kind of like writing the combination to your safe on the safe door. No, you need the strong, unique passwords and you really need to keep them either in your head or stored somewhere that’s safe from intrusions into your system or anyone who can read a sticky note. More... |
