World Password Day

kdemo thought this was worth mentioning said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 5:12pm ET

Today (3rd May, 2018) is Password Day

They’re strange, they’re complex, they’re everywhere and we forget them far more than is absolutely healthy for us.
We use them to secure the most private parts of our lives and to help protect our finances, our health records, or maybe just our emails.

World Password Day reminds us of the importance of these little crypto-keys and the role they play in making sure we keep hold on our lives, identity thieves are everywhere, and these are your first digital line of defense.

So, what are your passwords?

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dave said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 5:15pm ET:

hunter2
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hunter2

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- @dave - Great! - I’ve heard a lot of people use that one.
  
  kdemo said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 5:18pm ET
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therealjrn said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 5:15pm ET:

Pj0dznyhBwpt1PVMpYCFlClLkT35gr7b

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kdemo said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 5:23pm ET:

https://www.passwordday.org/

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- @kdemo is that with quantum computing?
  
  medz said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 8:47pm ET
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- @medz - I like to think so.
  
  kdemo said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 11:33pm ET
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Barney said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 5:40pm ET:

I ____ purple.

(I don’t want to make it too easy for y’all.)

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- @Barney
  
  You purple purple?
  
  PlacidPenguin said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 5:47pm ET
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- @Barney @PlacidPenguin
  /giphy I purple purple.
  
  narfcake said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 6:04pm ET
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Shrdlu said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 5:46pm ET:

Two Words: Rainbow Tables.

http://project-rainbowcrack.com/table.htm

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- @Shrdlu Gotta get that salt!
  
  brhfl said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 6:14pm ET
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- @Shrdlu -
  Yeah, but can it solve Captchas?
  
  kdemo said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 7:28pm ET
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narfcake said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 6:03pm ET:

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sammydog01 said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 6:06pm ET:

fuckOff69#

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- @sammydog01 - Your first pet?
  
  kdemo said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 7:31pm ET
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- @kdemo My first pet was named fuckoff- I had to add the number and special character to meet the password requirements.
  
  sammydog01 said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 8:15pm ET
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UncleVinny said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 8:12pm ET:

all my key ids are in a mad ape den way.

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- @UncleVinny - I see. So all wee and apt to get? I dig it!
  
  kdemo said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 8:45pm ET
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- @kdemo e-z as pie, yep!
  
  UncleVinny said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 9:27pm ET
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djslack said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 8:23pm ET:

How about plain old password… Nobody’s gonna guess that anymore.

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- @djslack - If everyone uses it, it must be good - right?
  
  kdemo said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 8:39pm ET
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PlacidPenguin said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 8:41pm ET:

I don’t remember the requirements, but when I had to create a new login for my bank, they were very restrictive about requirements, and did not allow most special symbols.

Needless to say, I was disappointed.

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medz said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 8:48pm ET:

#5KennmisSm3l1Z!

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- @medz - Didn’t work. Please try again.
  
  kdemo said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 11:35pm ET
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dashcloud said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 10:39pm ET:

If you take one thing away from World Password Day, it should be that every password should be unique.
It’s unlikely most people can actually remember all those, especially if you don’t regularly log into the account, so find a way of storing them all that works for you (and this way you can make them harder than you can remember, because they’re all stored somewhere).
Also, pop in your email addresses here: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ so you can get notified when your email address shows up in a breach somewhere.

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- Thanks, @dashcloud!
  It’s not too scary to post my e-dress there?
  
  kdemo said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 11:38pm ET
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- Like this?
  
  kdemo said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 11:41pm ET
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- @kdemo it’s a totally safe site.
  
  djslack said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 11:49pm ET
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- @djslack - Thanks. I tried it. You’ll be glad to know I’m not pwned.
  
  kdemo said Fri, May 4th 2018 at 12:01am ET
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- @kdemo
  /giphy hooray!
  
  djslack said Fri, May 4th 2018 at 12:13am ET
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Ignorant said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 10:43pm ET:

Router: xhuP/)(Og{%OmNPp6r-GWY’LPk?6KHdGIv`w13R>p5{~+:d(wLhN=Cjc3f2dwJK

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- @Ignorant - Does the JK mean what I think it means?
  
  kdemo said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 11:36pm ET
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- @kdemo nope no meaning to any of it. All random, and all out in the world now.
  
  Makes setting up IoT devices oh so fun
  
  Ignorant said Thu, May 3rd 2018 at 11:48pm ET
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- @Ignorant @kdemo You can’t change it via router settings? Also, if that is your wifi password or the router admin password? If the latter, someone could hack your shiz by accessing your router’s config page remotely.
  
  medz said Fri, May 4th 2018 at 10:15am ET
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- @medz yes, I changed it to that. It’s not the admin password it’s the wifi, that’s why I posted it.
  
  Ignorant said Fri, May 4th 2018 at 10:42am ET
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- @Ignorant @medz
  “@[=g3,8d]&fbb=-q]/hk%fg”
  
  (Cat and flawed CPU not included.)
  
  narfcake said Fri, May 4th 2018 at 2:33pm ET
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phendrick said Fri, May 4th 2018 at 12:19am ET:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_common_passwords

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