Comments on: Empower your passwords http://beanoriginal.net/tweak-your-passwords-to-benefit-from-them/ feeding your inner rebel Tue, 15 May 2012 05:18:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Self Improvement and Personal Development Link Love, Volume 32 : Today Is That Day http://beanoriginal.net/tweak-your-passwords-to-benefit-from-them/#comment-932 Self Improvement and Personal Development Link Love, Volume 32 : Today Is That Day Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:42:33 +0000 http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/?p=227#comment-932 [...] those of us who use passwords all the time (and who doesn't these days?), Lodewijk's post Tweak your passwords to benefit from them lists some truly original ways to not just remember passwords, but to actually put them to good [...] [...] those of us who use passwords all the time (and who doesn't these days?), Lodewijk's post Tweak your passwords to benefit from them lists some truly original ways to not just remember passwords, but to actually put them to good [...]

]]> By: Self Improvement and Personal Development Link Love, Volume 32 http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/2008/04/tweak-your-passwords-to-benefit-from-them.html http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/coincidences-synchronicity-serendipity/trackback/ http://www.improvedlife.ca http://beanoriginal.net/tweak-your-passwords-to-benefit-from-them/#comment-931 Self Improvement and Personal Development Link Love, Volume 32 http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/2008/04/tweak-your-passwords-to-benefit-from-them.html http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/coincidences-synchronicity-serendipity/trackback/ http://www.improvedlife.ca Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:44:49 +0000 http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/?p=227#comment-931 [...] those of us who use passwords all the time (and who doesn't these days?), Lodewijk's post Tweak your passwords to benefit from them lists some truly original ways to not just remember passwords, but to actually put them to good [...] [...] those of us who use passwords all the time (and who doesn't these days?), Lodewijk's post Tweak your passwords to benefit from them lists some truly original ways to not just remember passwords, but to actually put them to good [...]

]]> By: Lodewijk http://beanoriginal.net/tweak-your-passwords-to-benefit-from-them/#comment-930 Lodewijk Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:16:11 +0000 http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/?p=227#comment-930 Hi Ludwik. That's also an easy trick to remember your passwords. But it can get out of synch when one of the service you use forces you to change passwords (like my employer does). Hi Ludwik.

That’s also an easy trick to remember your passwords. But it can get out of synch when one of the service you use forces you to change passwords (like my employer does).

]]> By: Ludwik C. Siadlak http://beanoriginal.net/tweak-your-passwords-to-benefit-from-them/#comment-920 Ludwik C. Siadlak Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:12:56 +0000 http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/?p=227#comment-920 Great post Lodewijk! (Stumbled and delicioused!) I usually prompt my students to add to their password some changeable patter - e.g if "ThisIsMySecretPa$$" stands for password there's nothing simpler to expand pass to "ThisIsMySecretPa$$-StumbleUpon" if service is vital for them. Great post Lodewijk! (Stumbled and delicioused!)

I usually prompt my students to add to their password some changeable patter – e.g if “ThisIsMySecretPa$$” stands for password there’s nothing simpler to expand pass to “ThisIsMySecretPa$$-StumbleUpon” if service is vital for them.

]]> By: Lodewijk http://beanoriginal.net/tweak-your-passwords-to-benefit-from-them/#comment-919 Lodewijk Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:37:47 +0000 http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/?p=227#comment-919 @Wendi: Yeah, you have to at least spell them right twice in a row when you change your password. But if that is a challenge, then exercising that particular word is probably a good idea ;) Just be sure to spell it right, otherwise you're toast! @Wendi: Yeah, you have to at least spell them right twice in a row when you change your password. But if that is a challenge, then exercising that particular word is probably a good idea ;) Just be sure to spell it right, otherwise you’re toast!

]]> By: Wendi Kelly http://beanoriginal.net/tweak-your-passwords-to-benefit-from-them/#comment-921 Wendi Kelly Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:26:15 +0000 http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/?p=227#comment-921 now that was an original post! how fun and what a good idea! I have a horrible time remembering passwords. This will be a big help to me actually. The spelling part though...I don't know...I'd probably never spell it the same way twice! <em>Wendi Kelly's last blog post..<a href='http://wendikelly.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/amazing-mountains/' rel="nofollow">Amazing Mountains</a></em> now that was an original post! how fun and what a good idea!

I have a horrible time remembering passwords. This will be a big help to me actually.

The spelling part though…I don’t know…I’d probably never spell it the same way twice!

Wendi Kelly’s last blog post..Amazing Mountains

]]> By: Lodewijk http://beanoriginal.net/tweak-your-passwords-to-benefit-from-them/#comment-922 Lodewijk Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:26:01 +0000 http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/?p=227#comment-922 @Rolf: Sounds like a good solution as long as you keep an eye on your USB drive. I lost one of those too once. @Andre: I had never heard of 7-zip, just looked into it and it looks like a nice utility. Thanks for the tip! @Rolf: Sounds like a good solution as long as you keep an eye on your USB drive. I lost one of those too once.

@Andre: I had never heard of 7-zip, just looked into it and it looks like a nice utility. Thanks for the tip!

]]> By: Andre Kibbe http://beanoriginal.net/tweak-your-passwords-to-benefit-from-them/#comment-925 Andre Kibbe Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:30:06 +0000 http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/?p=227#comment-925 I've committed my passwords to memory, but for backup I keep them in a text file I've zipped with 7-Zip. When 7-Zip gives you the option of assigning a password that needs to be entered when uncompressing the file. I use a strong password (a nonsense sequence of numbers and upper- and lowercase letters) to unlock this file, which is only stored in my head. In the unlikely event that I forget it, I'll probably still have all the passwords memorized. <em>Andre Kibbe's last blog post..<a href='http://tools-for-thought.com/2008/04/12/eliminate-the-time-stretchers-in-your-head/?&owa_from=feed&owa_sid=' rel="nofollow">Eliminate the Time Stretchers in Your Head</a></em> I’ve committed my passwords to memory, but for backup I keep them in a text file I’ve zipped with 7-Zip. When 7-Zip gives you the option of assigning a password that needs to be entered when uncompressing the file. I use a strong password (a nonsense sequence of numbers and upper- and lowercase letters) to unlock this file, which is only stored in my head. In the unlikely event that I forget it, I’ll probably still have all the passwords memorized.

Andre Kibbe’s last blog post..Eliminate the Time Stretchers in Your Head

]]> By: Rolf F. Katzenberger http://beanoriginal.net/tweak-your-passwords-to-benefit-from-them/#comment-923 Rolf F. Katzenberger Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:19:15 +0000 http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/?p=227#comment-923 @Lodewijk: I see. That's why I keep my FF profile on a USB stick which, in turn, is kept on my keyring. Still a risk, but sufficient for me. @Lodewijk: I see. That’s why I keep my FF profile on a USB stick which, in turn, is kept on my keyring. Still a risk, but sufficient for me.

]]> By: Lodewijk http://beanoriginal.net/tweak-your-passwords-to-benefit-from-them/#comment-924 Lodewijk Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:58:55 +0000 http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/?p=227#comment-924 Yep Rolf, I did make sure that the examples were no longer in use online ;) Storing passwords with FF is something I used to do as well. But after my laptop got stolen twice (with stored passwords), I decided against using it. And I read somewhere that storing passwords is best left to a dedicated password manager, instead of FF. Yep Rolf, I did make sure that the examples were no longer in use online ;)

Storing passwords with FF is something I used to do as well. But after my laptop got stolen twice (with stored passwords), I decided against using it. And I read somewhere that storing passwords is best left to a dedicated password manager, instead of FF.

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