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What to do with passwords once you create them

Posted by Oyya-Info on Friday, July 16, 2010, In : Security

Cryptography expert Bruce Schneier used to write his passwords down on a slip of paper and keep it in his wallet.

Today, he uses a free Windows password-storage tool called Password Safe that he designed five years ago and released into the open-source community. The desktop application lets users remember only one master password to access their password list.

But Schneier still recommends the paper method for people who don't have their computers with them at all times like he doe...

Survey: 63% don't change passwords very often

Posted by Oyya-Info on Saturday, March 27, 2010, In : Security

Security firm Symantec on Friday released results of a survey on password management that showed 63 percent of respondents don't change their passwords very often, 45 percent use a few passwords that they alternate for all accounts, and some 10 percent don't change their passwords at all.

A not so far-fetched analogy of the password by the University of Wyoming

These are a startling numbers as, according to the survey, 44 percent of respondents said they have more than 20 accounts...

How to make strong, easy-to-remember passwords

Posted by Oyya-Info on Friday, August 14, 2009, In : Security

One of the best ways to protect your online security is to have strong passwords that you change periodically. But that's easier said than done. Coming up with hard-to-guess passwords is hard enough, but it's even harder to have separate passwords for different sites and to remember new ones after you change them.

One way to create a password that's hard to guess but easy to remember is to make up a phrase. You could type in the entire phrase (some sites let you use spaces, others don't) or y...