[ale] OT: password gripe

[Geoffrey]

Ed Cashin wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
> ...
>> I always tell people to take a sentence that makes sense to them and use
>> the first character of each word to generate a password.  That's what I
>> do, and it's easy to remember.  I then throw in punctuation and/or
>> numeric substitution where it makes sense:
> 
> Me too, but nobody ever liked my suggestion.  It's a little reassuring to see
> that somebody else likes the idea, but it's even more disturbing that nobody
> I've mentioned the idea to likes it.  It seems easy and effective to me---what's
> not to love!?  ;)

Exactly, I don't get it either.  Just tried to convince a friend of that 
solution, she opted instead for a password that included a city and the 
year she graduated from high school. :(

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson