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Re: "Password" and "1234567" Still Favorite Passwords - And For Good REASONS

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On 11/17/21 21:52, 166p1 wrote:
> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10209349/Passwords-123456-password-popular.html 
> 
> 
> Will we EVER learn? '123456' and 'password' are still among the
> most popular passwords in the world – while many users continue
> to use their own name, report reveals
> 
> The annual NordPass Most Common Passwords report revealed common
> trends.  It found that people are still using very simple and easy
> to guess passwords including '123456', 'password' and 'qwerty'
> which can be cracked in a second. There were local and gender
> differences including sports teams as passwords.

	Well this password choice needs to be a relegated to a password
generator which Prints the Password on the screen with instruction to
all applicants and tell them to write it down, reenter it to be sure
that they have it and then all sign on again for access.  It will
have to be a uniform requirement across all platforms,  Then the
usual security questions in case a notebook is lost.

	Just my humble User's opinion.

     bliss -bliss - brought to you by the power and ease of PCLinuxOS 
            and a minor case of hypergraphia

> 
> . . . .
> 
> SysAdmin ??? Well THIS is what you're up against - and
> it's NOT going to change.
> 
> Users would rather live with unknown risks than suffer
> with passwords and other procedures that are impossible
> to remember or a pain to cope with. They WILL find a
> way around difficult edicts - or they'll quit and take
> all their job experience with them.
> 
> But, when it goes bad, the SysAdmins get the blame.
> 
> Look, cybercommerce/cyberbanking SOUNDED great. But
> people are NOT going to cope with "dffNs%h##fj3d7xuz"
> passwords plus text-messages on smartphones they may
> not even own plus biometrics that won't recognize
> you if you grew a beard or cut your thumb or dropped
> 20 pounds plus inscruitable captchas. And WHY don't
> you know the name of your maiden aunts 3rd cousin's
> favorite pet gerbil ???!!!
> 
> Nobody is going to put up with such shit.
> 
> Sorry, but "convenient" was one of the main drives
> behind online commerce/banking. Now they feel they
> have to make it as INconvenient as possible just to
> stay half a step ahead of cyberCRIME. This is NOT
> working out.
> 
> I'll tell you the solution ... and you won't like it ...
> physically go TO your bank and do business with bits
> of PAPER in front of people there who KNOW your face.
> SHOP online, but print the order form, fill it out
> in ink, and physically MAIL it to the seller. Might
> not hurt to include a PAPER *CHECK* inside to cover
> the purchase - again something tangible, something
> they'll at least have to scan. Use a Sharpie pen
> to write the check too - something that can't be
> washed out.
> 
> Oh, and you can go to physical STORES ... they have
> all kinds of interesting things on big rows of
> shelves ... and there's a thing called "cash" you
> can use to buy those fascinating items.
> 
> This 1950-ish approach WILL thwart crime. Because
> of human nature, NOTHING will thwart it using
> todays methods. 'Convenient' for you ? PARADISE
> for the cybercriminals and cyberterrorists.
> 
> This is the horrible bitter Truth, and you KNOW it.
> 
> SysAdmin ? Contract ? Slip "NOT responsible for events
> resulting from users employing poor passwords/technique"
> in there. If they won't accept that - QUIT - you'll be
> saving yourself endless trouble. Put them on the blacklist
> at all the job-search sites.


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"Password" and "1234567" Still Favorite Passwords - And For Good REASONS 166p1 <z24ba6.net> - 2021-11-18 00:52 -0500
  Re: "Password" and "1234567" Still Favorite Passwords - And For Good REASONS The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-18 08:03 +0000
    Re: "Password" and "1234567" Still Favorite Passwords - And For Good REASONS Christopher Conforti <christopher@conforti.xyz> - 2022-02-19 05:32 +0100
  Re: "Password" and "1234567" Still Favorite Passwords - And For Good REASONS Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-18 09:17 +0000
    Re: "Password" and "1234567" Still Favorite Passwords - And For Good REASONS The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-18 09:39 +0000
      Re: "Password" and "1234567" Still Favorite Passwords - And For Good REASONS Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2021-11-19 04:46 +0200
        Re: "Password" and "1234567" Still Favorite Passwords - And For Good REASONS 166p1 <z24ba6.net> - 2021-11-18 22:39 -0500
          Re: "Password" and "1234567" Still Favorite Passwords - And For Good REASONS Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-19 08:29 +0000
            Re: "Password" and "1234567" Still Favorite Passwords - And For Good REASONS The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-19 09:05 +0000
          Re: "Password" and "1234567" Still Favorite Passwords - And For Good REASONS Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2021-11-20 05:04 +0200
        Re: "Password" and "1234567" Still Favorite Passwords - And For Good REASONS The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-19 09:04 +0000
  Re: "Password" and "1234567" Still Favorite Passwords - And For Good REASONS ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2021-11-18 04:11 -0600
    Re: "Password" and "1234567" Still Favorite Passwords - And For Good REASONS pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> - 2021-11-21 23:33 +0000
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        Re: "Password" and "1234567" Still Favorite Passwords - And For Good REASONS pH <wNOSPAMp@gmail.org> - 2021-12-03 17:32 +0000
          Re: "Password" and "1234567" Still Favorite Passwords - And For Good REASONS "25.BX943" <25BZ493@nada.net> - 2022-02-19 00:02 -0500
  Re: "Password" and "1234567" Still Favorite Passwords - And For Good REASONS Bobbie Sellers <bliss@mouse-potato.com> - 2021-11-18 07:51 -0800
    Re: "Password" and "1234567" Still Favorite Passwords - And For Good REASONS 166p1 <z24ba6.net> - 2021-11-18 22:57 -0500
  Re: "Password" and "1234567" Still Favorite Passwords - And For Good REASONS Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-11-18 12:03 -0500
    Re: "Password" and "1234567" Still Favorite Passwords - And For Good REASONS The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-18 18:03 +0000
      Re: "Password" and "1234567" Still Favorite Passwords - And For Good REASONS Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2021-11-18 20:52 -0500
        Re: "Password" and "1234567" Still Favorite Passwords - And For Good REASONS The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-19 09:00 +0000
      Re: "Password" and "1234567" Still Favorite Passwords - And For Good REASONS Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-11-19 03:11 +0000
        Re: "Password" and "1234567" Still Favorite Passwords - And For Good REASONS 166p1 <z24ba6.net> - 2021-11-28 02:01 -0500
  Re: "Password" and "1234567" Still Favorite Passwords - And For Good REASONS Marco Moock <mo01@posteo.de> - 2021-11-18 20:13 +0100
    Re: "Password" and "1234567" Still Favorite Passwords - And For Good REASONS 166p1 <z24ba6.net> - 2021-11-18 23:41 -0500

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