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Avoid using the following passwords
Monday, October 22, 2007, 23:50
This news item was posted in Computer security Systems, Passwords category and has 1 Comment so far.
- your name,
- anyone’s first name (especially bad are your spouse’s first name, your child’s first name, your dog’s or cat’s name)
- your nickname (e.g., “Flash” or “Buzz”),
- your home telephone number,
- your date of birth,
- your astrological sign,
- your mother’s maiden name,
- your wife’s maiden name,
- license plate number of your car,
- exact sequences of letters on a keyboard (e.g., QWERTY or ASDFGH)
- sequences from the alphabet (e.g., ABCDEFG or ABCABC)
- or any other publicly available information.
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at astrology-2guide.info said on Tuesday, October 23, 2007, 19:11
[...] Avoid using the following passwordsyour name, anyones first name (especially bad are your spouses first name, your childs first name, your dogs or cats name) your nickname (e.g., Flash or Buzz), your home telephone number, your date of birth, your. [...]