Comments on: The Myth of Internet Security http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2007/09/05/the-myth-of-internet-security Comeday morm and, O, you're vine! Sendday's eve and, ah, you're vinegar! Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:47:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Mel B http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2007/09/05/the-myth-of-internet-security/comment-page-1#comment-75165 Mel B Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:40:05 +0000 http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2007/09/05/the-myth-of-internet-security#comment-75165 The worst part for me is remembering when I've changed a password, so that I remember to go and change it all all of my other places. I don't use that master thing with Firefox, though I thought about it. That's a case of letting the computer have a little too much control over whatever I do. And thus someone else having control over me too. I'm most annoyed by having to change my password every 90 days at work, and it can't be the same password within the last 6 passwords. Except I've tried to go back to an old password past that, and it doesn't work. To make things even more fun, I have three different things I log into at work, but the other two don't require password changes. So every time my password is forced to change, I end up changing the others just so I don't have to remember different things. I also like how some sites insist, for your security, on some random login or in one case, adding a numeric to a user name. A user name! It wasn't like it was my password. I don't write my passwords down. Except I had to write down a common password for my wireless router. Ugh. And then I still couldn't get the elaborate security system for it to work. Passwords... what a pain. The worst part for me is remembering when I’ve changed a password, so that I remember to go and change it all all of my other places. I don’t use that master thing with Firefox, though I thought about it. That’s a case of letting the computer have a little too much control over whatever I do. And thus someone else having control over me too.

I’m most annoyed by having to change my password every 90 days at work, and it can’t be the same password within the last 6 passwords. Except I’ve tried to go back to an old password past that, and it doesn’t work.
To make things even more fun, I have three different things I log into at work, but the other two don’t require password changes. So every time my password is forced to change, I end up changing the others just so I don’t have to remember different things.

I also like how some sites insist, for your security, on some random login or in one case, adding a numeric to a user name. A user name! It wasn’t like it was my password.

I don’t write my passwords down. Except I had to write down a common password for my wireless router. Ugh. And then I still couldn’t get the elaborate security system for it to work.

Passwords… what a pain.

]]> By: Heather http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2007/09/05/the-myth-of-internet-security/comment-page-1#comment-74170 Heather Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:35:03 +0000 http://sodsbrood.com/pilgrim/2007/09/05/the-myth-of-internet-security#comment-74170 Ugh. I hate the forgotten password. I was trying to remember a password the other day from a fantasy football league. The last time I'd had a team in this particular league was 2004. Yeah. Another layer of fun added when I realized I'd purposefully not used a password I normally didn't use because I was sharing this account with someone else. Not nearly as serious as redoing your browser profile, but I feel your pain. The little-used bank account. The profile set up in haste years ago that you forget until you try to pay a bill online. I sometimes wonder if I'll just leak letters and numbers out of my eye when I die. Ugh. I hate the forgotten password. I was trying to remember a password the other day from a fantasy football league. The last time I’d had a team in this particular league was 2004.

Yeah. Another layer of fun added when I realized I’d purposefully not used a password I normally didn’t use because I was sharing this account with someone else.

Not nearly as serious as redoing your browser profile, but I feel your pain.

The little-used bank account. The profile set up in haste years ago that you forget until you try to pay a bill online. I sometimes wonder if I’ll just leak letters and numbers out of my eye when I die.

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