as in, "must have at least one number" ... "cannot have other characters" ... "must be changed every six months"... "must have at least 9 characters"... and so on. Can't they just trust me to make up one password I can remember instead of having 12 that I have to write down?
Thanks...I feel better already.
2006-12-21 09:18:33 · 5 answers · asked by cancelcodeyellow 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Yeah it is frustrating. I suggest using firefox or IE7 and putting the password manager to use. It comes in handy by remembering your passwords for most sites. You can even put a master password on it so you just enter it once each time you open up your browser, then you don't have to fill in any forms!
2006-12-21 09:21:43 · answer #1 · answered by Kory 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yahoo! doesn't, it's only requirement is that the password have at least 6 characters. That's the most common requirement for secure websites. Also, you could try to make up one password that's 12 characters long and includes at least 3 numders (canclecodeyellow234 e.g.).
2006-12-21 09:29:34 · answer #2 · answered by mr.oriental 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use the same basic password with different variations depending on what the site requires. and I write them all down.
2006-12-21 09:32:48 · answer #3 · answered by lv_consultant 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is an endemic. It impacts computing gadget's, and if u click on it, it merely brings you to a internet website, in an attempt to get you to purchase products or use the facilities that website promises. Like an commercial. Then i imagine your MSN will develop into contaminated, and also you deliver it to others. i exploit a Mac, and that i have clicked it many cases, it brings me to a internet website it extremely is actual no longer titled kfzwknar. of direction, i'm no longer announcing if you're on a Mac, click it -- all i'm announcing is that i don't think it infects Macs.
2016-11-28 02:42:00 · answer #4 · answered by bornhoft 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are attempting to protect themselves from liability (and, to a lesser extent, protect you from your own folly)
You should think of passwords like keys.
What if the key to your car was the same as the key to your house & your garden shed & your locker at the gym & your desk at work & the kitchen cupboard ?
Then what if some-one copied your gym locker key ?
2006-12-21 10:01:58 · answer #5 · answered by Steve B 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋