100 random character passwords (upper, lower, numbers and special characters) is what I use... well, when I'm not on an archaic website.
https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ShittyPasswords&src=typd ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshaven Mailing Lists" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 5:18:11 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT I screwed myself Try making it longer rather than strange. Make your password long not cryptic. For good measure to pass stupid password tests put in a capital and number but that doesn’t make it harder to crack. They are still going try every combination including those characters just in case. b7^w3@ ( 400 ms ) P@s5wor! ( 9 hours ) P@ssw0rd ( Still 9 hours ) thisisalongbutsimplepassword ( 3 SEXTILLION YEARS ) cottoncandyman ( 51 Years ) https://howsecureismypassword.net/ See if he can crack something long but easy for you to type Sincerely, Joshaven Potter Google Hangouts: [email protected] Cell & SMS: 1-517-607-9370 [email protected] On May 25, 2016, at 4:36 PM, Chuck McCown < [email protected] > wrote: My oldest son is a computer security specialist / forensic guy. He was telling my my super complicated password was not so secure. He cracked it pretty easy. He suggested I add an alt code. So I did. Now, neither one of us can open the file. Guess alt codes in passwords for some Office products cause big problems. Arrgh.....
