On Sat, 2018-04-07 at 18:55 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Sat, 2018-04-07 at 17:13 +0100, David wrote:
> > I confess, some of the passwords I've got written down, some I
> > haven’t.
> 
> That you can't remember all passwords and that you don't have written
> down the passwords you have forgotten, isn't that much of an issue.
> For good reasons, you won't note down the 4 numbers of the out of 4 * 10
> numbered PIN of your bank card, on your bank card.
> 
> The German wiki claims that "David" is the third most name mentioned by
> the Bible [1], so using something that easy to remember as your name,
> but also that much mentioned by a well known book, for several very good
> reasons, is much more stupid, than any other not that smart passphrase.
> 
> Good rotating passwords, that don't follow a method, are hard to
> remember. Writing down those passwords isn't good either. It's a
> dilemma.
> 
> [1]
> "David ist ein hebräischer männlicher Vorname aus der Bibel. Dort ist er
> mit über 1000-mal der dritthäufigste Name nach Mose und Abraham"
> - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_(Vorname)

"David" is also a much important Islamic and without any doubts a Jewish
name, keep in mind the name of a Jewish icon, as well as an Islamic
prophet. IOW from a hacker point of view, some passwords are easy to
hack, while other passwords are harder to crack. I'm an atheist, just
trying to point out, how hacking does work.

_______________________________________________
evolution-list mailing list
[email protected]
To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ...
https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list

Reply via email to