Saturday, January 19, 2008

Writing passwords safer than having them all same

Sound advice from Microsoft through the Guardian:

it's not necessarily bad to write passwords down - a piece of paper is going to be much harder to hack for an internet baddie than something stored on your computer or online, as long as it is adequately protected. Hide it, disguise it, put spaces in it, blend it in with other things. And don't write "My banking passwords" at the top of the page.

Especially for some of you who have a huge text file on their "office desktop" containing a universe of passwords to your banking and trading accounts - at least convert it into a password protected MS word file. (I know its funny - another password!!)

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