<div dir="ltr">> <span style="font-size:medium">I now have about 400 passwords, and I'm supposed to remember them?</span><div><span style="font-size:medium"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:medium">I have a password system that allows me to create a unique password for each site, but I can figure out what it is by the system if I have forgotten it. I keep a list for backup (on paper), but this has served me well. Obviously I don't want to go into too much detail, but everything that needs a password has one unique feature, and one feature tying it to a group. Since you all are clever people, you can figure something out. Add a common element to make the passwords long enough (passphrase or acronym) and you are good to go. You wind up with some combination of [common part + group part + unique part] The hardest part is changing all the passwords!</span></div><div><span style="font-size:medium"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:medium">And after a 35 year career as an engineer with one foot in the IT world, I am amused to say that it was my 80-year-old father who provided me with the system. I'm not sure I ever would have thought of it on my own. I don't know where he got it from, but I'm grateful for how much easier my modern life is.</span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 10:15 AM John T. Blair <<a href="mailto:jblair1948@cox.net">jblair1948@cox.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<font size="3">At 09:53 AM 6/22/2022, you wrote:<br><br>
>Eric, moving more off topic, do smart products, like an air
conditioner I can <br>
>ontrol from my iPhone, or web based security cameras, present the
same <br>
>ecurity hole?, <br><br>
Jim,<br><br>
I can't say for all, but I just bought a "U" window AC
unit. There is an app for<br>
it you have to down load. When we did, it wanted access to
everything on our<br>
smart phone. So we deleted the app. It doesn't need access to
anything on <br>
my smart phone. <br><br>
This how "smart" thing is getting rediculous. All these
web sites that require a <br>
log on to even "window" shop. I now have about 400
passwords, and I'm supposed to remember them? Same thing with
apps. If I can go to a site with<br>
my browser on my desk top, WHY do I need an app to do the same thing on
my<br>
cell phone? I've quit going to all those sites. But I doubt
they will get the <br>
message.<br><br>
John<br><br>
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