security principles you should NOT follow

[oshunluvr]

I had a self-inking rubber stamp made with my password, which is "tomsmoochcherylin" and I stamp it all over everywhere, both at home and in the workplace. That's the PG-rated version. I have an X-rated one too, which I also stamped everywhere. Of course, Cherylin is an attractive woman at work whom I'm not in a relationship with. She's filed sexual harrassment charges against me, but at least I'm really sure I won't forget my password now.

Oh geez. I hope that's a joke...

[jlittle]

At a job I had at a stockbrokers, the cashiers department had control over money transfer systems that could move ridiculous amounts of money. Part of their approach to password management was to make the passwords so embarrassing they'd never tell anyone. You could make some of the younger ones blush just by asking innocently "Do you know the xyz password?".

Regards, John Little

[SteveRiley]

Alright, who changed the title of this thread?????

[Snowhog]

You know I had to!

[Tom_ZeCat]

Alright, who changed the title of this thread?????

If anyone here actually would have followed any of the advice here in this thread, here's my real security advice:

Never, never, never use a computer. Stick with typewriters.

[Snowhog]

Stick with typewriters.

With or without ribbon??

[SteveRiley]

With or without ribbon??

Without, of course. A typewriter ribbon could be used to tie someone up (*) or strangle them. That's not very secure now, is it?

(*) I read about this in, uh, a men's magazine once. Yeah.

[Snowhog]

Without, of course. A typewriter ribbon could be used to tie someone up (*) or strangle them. That's not very secure now, is it?

(*) I read about this in, uh, a men's magazine once. Yeah.

Okay, so no ribbon. Check. But what about the platen? Imprints you know!

[SteveRiley]

But what about the platen? Imprints you know!

Yes, they can make quite an impression.

[Snowhog]

Dude! Only you could locate/know about a concert that included a typewriter!!!!!!!

[SteveRiley]

I have performed nearly everything Leroy Anderson wrote. Some of them maaaaaaaaany times. Melodically, doesn't that remind you of Sleigh Ride? I think Anderson wrote only one song, but one hundred different times.

[Snowhog]

16 posts to go.

[SteveRiley]

I could respond to that with something snarky, but then you'd accuse me of just trying to pad my few remaining posts. And then you'd update the counter, which would just draw yet another reponse from me and so on and so on and so on. So I'll just not follow you into that abyss.

Uh...........

[verndog]

With or without ribbon??

If someone stole your ribbon, there goes your security.

[verndog]

... Stick with typewriters.

And if you want backups, use carbon paper.