Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 04:58:39 -0400
Subject: [WSFA] Re: [wsfa-forum] OT? - Passwords
From: "Elspeth Kovar" <ekovar at panix.com>
To: wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com
Cc: "WSFA members" <wsfalist at keithlynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

Michael Walsh wrote:
> "Popular pet names Rover, Cheryl and Kate could be a thing of the
> past. Banks are now advising parents to think carefully before naming
> their child’s first pet. For security reasons, the chosen name should
> have at least eight characters, a capital letter and a digit."

Blast from the past: I needed to get onto my boss's computer - he fully agreed when he
was back in touch - but almost all of the standard security questions would have put me
in a rough situation.

On the other hand if the only option was the current standard security questions someone
who knew me well might eventually break into one of my accounts.

On the third hand I've stopped using 'first pet' as a security question because there's
my first pet as a child and my first pet when on my own and I'd get mixed up.

(I could get into my boss's computer because I knew him quite well and had a resource.
"Yellowbritches" was my second try and got me in. Result was my getting the work done in
the needed time and Jeff being really, really grumpy that I'd so easily out thought
him.)

Elspeth