May 11, 2017 Presented by Jeff Hensel
Attendees: 23
Dos and Donts of Passwords with Speaker Notes
See the complete presentation by clicking the link above or see a few of the slides below.
Jeff shared the many difficulties about having to remember passwords. If a single thing is remembered, write down your passwords and keep in a safe place.
Some of the most important accounts you will likely use with your computer or phones and tablets.
Of course, this is NOT an all inclusive list but 3 of the most common and important and what you will use them for.
Record and even remember these accounts and passwords.
Most work places require you to change your password regularly. In fact, they force it. At Coca-Cola, our system forced us to change our network password every 45 days.
The Social Security Administration requires us to change our password at least every 6 months.
Strong or those extremely difficult or impossible to crack, request a long password, include upper and lower case letters, numbers and special characters.
Unfortunately, including all of these make the password difficult to remember.
Don’t worry, there are methods to include these and still make the password easy for YOU to remember but impossible for someone else to remember or even for a computer to figure it out.
Password apps or programs are readily available.
Some are FREE, some very inexpensive and others have a monthly or annual subscription.
I use an app that is available for PC, iPhone/iPad and Android and synchronize via the cloud.
Some of the popular names are: Dashlane, 1Password, Keeper, LastPass, eWallet, KeePass.
DON”T USE THESE PASSWORDS because these are what hackers try first!
A password scheme is a method to create a complex password for various accounts and web sites but one that is easy for youto remember.
Do this by breaking a password into 3 parts where 2 of the parts remain the same and a 3rd changes based on the name of the account or site.
This scheme has my childhood dog’s name. Otto
My childhood address. Actually, my second one from age 5 to 20.
The first 3 letters of the account or site. Quicken in this example.
Special character of exclamation point.
So, the first two parts of this scheme do NOT change for my passwords. The last part changes each time.
NOTE: I don’t use a special character UNLESS the site or account requires one. AMTRAK and TSA are examples.
Double-click the PDF icon to open the Password Cheat Sheet.
Also see Word and Excel documents of a similar form. These documents will be on the Computer Club web page for this meeting.
Please, please, remember to record your passwords somewhere!
