Weak Passwords.

[Cricketbat70]

We are regularly told about making strong passwords but switching MY laptop on this morning with the password that Rachel decided on, I thought it might be time for another light hearted post.
My kids say my laptop password is such a "typical mum password" H3ll0
I think my passwords are fairly strong but you never know.
One from a now defunct account was Bac:TSR-2.

Anyone else had family members use amusing weak passwords?

 

[Al ears]

We are regularly told about making strong passwords but switching MY laptop on this morning with the password that Rachel decided on, I thought it might be time for another light hearted post.
My kids say my laptop password is such a "typical mum password" H3ll0
My passwords are all aircraft model numbers or starship registry numbers from Star Trek. With variations in which special characters I use.
One from a now defunct account was Bac:TSR-2.

Anyone else had family members use amusing week passwords?

No but some of mine are weak.....
😎

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Not sure I'd be publicising this myself.

 

[Cricketbat70]

Not sure I'd be publicising this myself.

I appreciate that I'm not asking for passwords. My laptop never leaves the house and to be fair it's only the start up password that I could disable. The password I posted is for a defunct account and I've not reused that password for any other accounts.

 

[Roger_A]

Looking at the heading, I thought you were changing passwords frequently (weekly) but now realise you mean weak.

 

[Cricketbat70]

Looking at the heading, I thought you were changing passwords frequently (weekly) but now realise you mean weak.

Yeah sorry😂😂😂

 

[Dave_]

I use a password manager, so all my passwords are strong (as I only need to remember one, or I would if I didn't use biometrics where possible)

I also enable 2FA/MFA where possible and use passkeys over passwords where supported.

 

[Cricketbat70]

I use a password manager, so all my passwords are strong (as I only need to remember one, or I would if I didn't use biometrics where possible)

I also enable 2FA/MFA where possible and use passkeys over passwords where supported.

I use biometrics on most of mine and 2 part authentication. The accounts I use passwords for are not major.

 

[jjbomber]

Anyone else had family members use amusing weak passwords?

My wife used 123456 for 20 years without incident until she was forced to change it. Hackers go after corporate victims as the rewards are much higher. Scammers attack individuals and trick them into handing over passwords, no matter how strong they are.