On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 8:57 PM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > You work in IT admin - passwords are something you deal with every day.
And so do all who have more than one online account for most anything. > Probably bank tellers have few(er) issues remembering multiple bank > account numbers, but I think that most people would struggle to remember > more than 5. Luckily most of us doesn't have 5 bank account numbers we > need to memorise. > > Tax accountants can probably remember > >> For these people, I will play the world's smallest violin. > > Why did you feel the need to make this type of comment? > If creating many passwords is a problem that lay people have, then the > proliferation of requirements to create accounts and corresponding passwords > is something we should be aware of (and perhaps worried about). Not > something to dismiss as an unfounded whinge. It is an unfounded whinge. The world is a complex and sometimes dangerous place, and the online world is more so. All of us, users included, need to suck it up, realize that what we do has consequences, and that practicing safe computing is like practicing safe driving or safely performing any other task - it requires concentration, planning and some intelligence. You can't do it on autopilot. There are tools for to help deal with that complexity - and as IT professionals we can certainly help folks by pointing out those tools, in this case things such as PasswordSafe, Keepass, LastPass, or other tools to manage the task. But the need remains to change passwords, and to keep them strong enough to foil the malicious, or at least limit the damage. Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
