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Post by katlady on Nov 16, 2023 16:47:26 GMT
In the US, the most common passwords are “123456”, “admin”, and “password”. Also, lot of people use “Amazon” on Amazon’s site and “Netflix” on Netflix’s site. www.yahoo.com/news/most-common-passwords-less-second-182854568.htmlI thought we were past the days when people used passwords like this. But it is a pain though to remember all my passwords and variations for all the different sites. I have all mine written down in code. Just hope I never forge the code. 😂
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Post by casii on Nov 16, 2023 16:55:42 GMT
I don't, but any mildly curious home thief would be able to find all my passwords on the little sheet of paper I have tucked into my binder that lives next to my laptop.
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Post by kelly8875 on Nov 16, 2023 17:00:17 GMT
I have a system I've come up with for passwords, that so far has worked well for me. But nothing basic like these examples.
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Post by Rhondito on Nov 16, 2023 17:01:08 GMT
I saw a meme where someone was getting the "you must change your password" message and the person was saying "Damn. I guess I have to rename the dog."
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Post by essiejean on Nov 16, 2023 17:03:45 GMT
I don't see how anyone can use such a basic password anymore - every site I use requires so many parameters when setting up the password - One cap, One special character, specific number of characters, one number etc. etc.
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Post by gillyp on Nov 16, 2023 17:05:39 GMT
I don't. Ever since a friend told me how to see what addresses/passwords etc had been compromised I've had long, different passwords for everything. If my systems didn't save my passwords I'd be tearing my hair out. You can check on haveibeenpwned.com/ You can buy note books from Amazon - My Passwords. Makes it easy for any snoopers.
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Post by johnnysmom on Nov 16, 2023 17:17:21 GMT
No but I can envision situations where I might. For example at work we have a shared cricut cutter and shared cricut account with a generic Gmail account. The password isn’t one of those but it’s stupid simple since it’s shared. Theres no physical address, payment info or anything else attached to it.
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Post by katlady on Nov 16, 2023 17:32:05 GMT
I don't see how anyone can use such a basic password anymore - every site I use requires so many parameters when setting up the password - One cap, One special character, specific number of characters, one number etc. etc. I guess you could do variations like "Password1", "Password2", etc.
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Post by gillyp on Nov 16, 2023 17:41:02 GMT
I can't remember what site I was on recently, changing a password, but I got a pop up saying it would take over 3,000 years to crack it.
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Post by pherena on Nov 16, 2023 18:03:45 GMT
Apple makes it easy. It will generate a secure password, save it, and enter it for you (if you choose) when you return to the site. The passwords consist of 4 sets of three upper/lower case letters and/or numbers, separated by dashes. They are random and strong. Therefore, I do not know a single password for anything! If this computer goes down, I'm toast.
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Post by workingclassdog on Nov 16, 2023 18:13:35 GMT
Nope never used passwords like that unless maybe back in the day when you were assigned a password and I never changed it. But I don't have anything like that currently.
I think the closest thing I have to a 'common' password is from our school district and it is pretty bland and I have never changed it.
I have one program that is a PITA.. you can't use any dictionary words or phrases.. it all has to be random.. but even try to come up with random without a word popping up was hard.
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Post by katlady on Nov 16, 2023 18:21:12 GMT
Apple makes it easy. It will generate a secure password, save it, and enter it for you (if you choose) when you return to the site. The passwords consist of 4 sets of three upper/lower case letters and/or numbers, separated by dashes. They are random and strong. Therefore, I do not know a single password for anything! If this computer goes down, I'm toast. That is why I don't use it. I sometimes need the password to sign on to my ipad and/or phone.
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Post by monklady123 on Nov 16, 2023 18:25:14 GMT
I don't use those passwords, but I have been know to use some version of "stupidpasswords!!" or "IHatePasswords". hahaha I usually resort to that after i've had trouble with one, like when it tells you that you need a stronger password, or when it says what you're typing in is wrong even when you KNOW it's correct. I write down all my passwords on a page of my planner. The only ones that aren't written down completely are my credit card and my bank. Those use the same root word and a different addition. Also my online game has a unique password only because it was my very first online thing that I needed a password for, eons ago. Everything else is some version of a few basic bases. Mostly. haha Our county school system requires that we change our password SO OFTEN, omg, so I use the same base and just change the number after it. Then if I've forgotten what number I'm on I just use the next one. lol
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Post by lesley on Nov 16, 2023 18:27:26 GMT
I use a system that involves one of three key words, followed by the first five letters of the website, followed by the same three numbers and a special character. Oh, and there’s an uppercase character in there too! It means I don’t need to rely on my phone/laptop/iPad to remember it and it works for me. 👍🏻
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Nov 16, 2023 18:29:44 GMT
I don't use those. Nor do I use my >> address number, birthday, phone number, etc...
I wish password requirements(one capital, one number, one sign (!*#), on e lowercase, etc.. were the same, but every place has different requirements.
I have all my passwords written down. On all of my passwords, the last four letters/numbers are the same and those last four are not written down anywhere, except in my "for my beneficiary binder", which is locked in my safe. So even if someone got my list of passwords, they aren't the full password. (I got the idea to do that, right here on this message board).
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Post by jenb72 on Nov 16, 2023 18:33:28 GMT
Apple makes it easy. It will generate a secure password, save it, and enter it for you (if you choose) when you return to the site. The passwords consist of 4 sets of three upper/lower case letters and/or numbers, separated by dashes. They are random and strong. Therefore, I do not know a single password for anything! If this computer goes down, I'm toast. I did this with Google for a while until one day it decided to glitch and completely lost EVERY SINGLE PASSWORD it had saved, including all the ones I had it generate for me (so of course they're nothing more than random characters, numbers, and symbols that I would never remember in a million years). When I would go into Google Password Manager, it was empty. Nothing there. Nada. Zip. I've had to change almost every single password I had ever used. And of course, because there's no way I'd remember where I had created a password without that list, even now almost a year later I still run across sites that don't pull up a saved password and have to be changed. Jen
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Post by librarylady on Nov 16, 2023 19:58:00 GMT
Have never used any of the ones mentioned.
I have a "base" word that is a made up word and now has numbers and characters with it. I keep the passwords in a little spiral notebook.
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Post by milocat on Nov 16, 2023 20:13:17 GMT
I don't see how anyone can use such a basic password anymore - every site I use requires so many parameters when setting up the password - One cap, One special character, specific number of characters, one number etc. etc. I have a password keeper app now but I used to use the same thing, for example Password-123 (I used a totally random wierd word and not 123) a word plus a symbol plus a number meets all those requirements. All these people that use admin or 1234 there isn't another simple word they could use like peas, for example?
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Post by lucyg on Nov 16, 2023 20:27:58 GMT
Apple makes it easy. It will generate a secure password, save it, and enter it for you (if you choose) when you return to the site. The passwords consist of 4 sets of three upper/lower case letters and/or numbers, separated by dashes. They are random and strong. Therefore, I do not know a single password for anything! If this computer goes down, I'm toast. That is why I don't use it. I sometimes need the password to sign on to my ipad and/or phone. My iPad and iPhone generate and save (and share with each other) all my passwords. They also won’t (or shouldn’t, at least) get lost in a glitch, because they’re saved to the cloud.
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Post by AussieMeg on Nov 16, 2023 22:10:38 GMT
I don't really want to be the lone person who votes YES in the poll, but once when I got a new work laptop, the password that IT put on it was 1234 and I didn't change it for years. And when I got my MacBook fixed a few years ago, the repairer changed my password to 1111 and again, I didn't change it until I bought a new MacBook this year. But I also had fingerprint recognition on my MacBook, so nobody would be able to get very far on it.
But other than that, I use quite complicated passwords for everything else - a combination of upper and lower case, numbers, and special characters.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Nov 16, 2023 22:18:03 GMT
Pretty much every wireless router I’ve ever had starts out with a password like ADMIN or 12345678. But then I change it.
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Post by maryannscraps on Nov 17, 2023 1:33:05 GMT
I have Dashlane to store my passwords. It generates strong passwords for me. I’d never remember the hundreds of passwords I have. One strong password to access it.
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Post by pjynx on Nov 17, 2023 11:46:18 GMT
But it is a pain though to remember all my passwords and variations for all the different sites. I have all mine written down in code. Just hope I never forge the code. 😂 No, I don’t use those types of passwords. As for keeping track of different passwords for different websites, years ago I came up with a sentence that was easy enough to remember and I made my “base” password by combining the first letter of each words of this sentence. I also have a couple capitalized letters, a symbol, and number in there. Then to modify it for each website, I take the first couple letters of the website and insert them into the “base” password. Same placement for every site. So really, every website is a different password but because they all follow the same formula, it’s easy to remember. Pam
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Post by peppermintpatty on Nov 17, 2023 12:32:41 GMT
I have all my passwords on Dashlane. It will automatically put them into the sites when I need them. It's $60/year but it is well worth the money. Everyone in my immediate family can see the passwords.
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Post by breetheflea on Nov 17, 2023 13:44:14 GMT
I have started a notebook... When it's easier to write a check, address the envelope, lick the envelope and walk out to my mailbox than to try to type in my password (my electric/water bill site locks you out if you get it wrong 3 times) drastic measures need to be taken And no, I did not want that one on autopay, I like to check it every month to make sure everything is normal.
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Post by sharlag on Nov 17, 2023 15:43:56 GMT
I answered NO, but have done Amazon2023! type passwords.
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Post by River on Nov 17, 2023 19:38:04 GMT
Nope, never have. I use LastPass to store all my passwords and so far it's never failed me in the several years I've used it. When I lost my phone, I just had to login to LastPass from anywhere and retreive anything I needed. Then once my new phone arrived, downloaded the app and everything was there.
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Post by seaexplore on Nov 18, 2023 2:39:00 GMT
I have sooooo many passwords…. Thank God for Touch ID!
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Post by femalebusiness on Nov 18, 2023 16:26:42 GMT
I have five pages, single spaced, of passwords. Most are complicated and strong. I keep the file on two flash drives. I have the pages printed out and next to my computers so someone would have to be in my house to find them. I do have a system.
Also when they have those security questions (usually five) I give nonsense answers. Never the real answers.
Mom maiden name-Blue. Street you grew up on-Yellow Pet's name-Red.
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Childhood best friend-Rose School you went to-Daisy Favorite animal-Violet
I use groups of like things for the answers even though they don't answer the question. Like planets, flowers, Fruits, colors, etc.
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Post by milocat on Nov 18, 2023 16:48:12 GMT
I have five pages, single spaced, of passwords. Most are complicated and strong. I keep the file on two flash drives. I have the pages printed out and next to my computers so someone would have to be in my house to find them. I do have a system. Also when they have those security questions (usually five) I give nonsense answers. Never the real answers. Mom maiden name-Blue. Street you grew up on-Yellow Pet's name-Red. or Childhood best friend-Rose School you went to-Daisy Favorite animal-Violet I use groups of like things for the answers even though they don't answer the question. Like planets, flowers, Fruits, colors, etc. Good idea. Either way I have to write down some of those, I don't remember which childhood friend I chose, I don't remember if I typed New-York-School or NewYorkSchool.
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