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My general attitude to passwords is "Never choose something you'd be ashamed to recite to your mother over the phone", since you never know when you'll be in a
by ionfish 18y ago
My general attitude to passwords is "Never choose something you'd be ashamed to recite to your mother over the phone", since you never know when you'll be in a position where you may have to do exactly that.
- khafra 18y agoAs an information assurance guy, I'd encourage users to use the most embarassing possible passwords, since you should never share them. If you need to make resources available to more entities, do it by sharing access, not authentication.
- ionfish 18y agoGenerally speaking I agree with you, but in the real world (with real users!) this is not always possible.
- Xichekolas 18y agoThis is what I love about Hacker News... even a semi-trollish post generates two great replies that I am glad to have read.