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Jun. 19th, 2009 06:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caz963I've just paid some bills online, and had to invent yet ANOTHER password for something.
I get that some of this stuff is an extra layer of security, all well and good. But if we're not supposed to write passwords down, how the hell are we going to remember them all?
I admit, I've taken to using the same usernames and passwords for practically everything - but it really pisses me off when a site won't let me have a particular password because it doesn't have the required number of letters/numbers/capital letters. That means I have to think of a new one, and they're the ones I'm likely to forget. The one I've just used is for Verified by Visa, which I've changed 3 times in the last couple of months. I'll have to change it next time as well, because all the easily memorable passwords are ones I've already used.
I think that next time I'll just enter a random bunch of numbers and letters, because whatever I put in, I'll have forgotten it by the next time!
I get that some of this stuff is an extra layer of security, all well and good. But if we're not supposed to write passwords down, how the hell are we going to remember them all?
I admit, I've taken to using the same usernames and passwords for practically everything - but it really pisses me off when a site won't let me have a particular password because it doesn't have the required number of letters/numbers/capital letters. That means I have to think of a new one, and they're the ones I'm likely to forget. The one I've just used is for Verified by Visa, which I've changed 3 times in the last couple of months. I'll have to change it next time as well, because all the easily memorable passwords are ones I've already used.
I think that next time I'll just enter a random bunch of numbers and letters, because whatever I put in, I'll have forgotten it by the next time!
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Date: 2009-06-20 08:02 am (UTC)It didn't seem to realise I had registered until about the 10th time I did it. Thankfully it did like my password though (I use the same one, or variations on it, for basically everything).
It's crazy the differences in different website's security levels though - my ibanking needs a log on ID (all numerical) and a weird password generating calculator thingy, plus my bank card for me to get into it.
By contrast, my Virgin credit card needs a log on name (which anyone with half a brain could work out) and a simple password and that's it - then anyone logged into that can get all my account info and retrieve my pin number with just a few clicks - insanity!