More on Password Security

A few weeks ago, I told a story of my brush with identity theft and posted some advice on online security.  Then, a few days ago, Marion Dueck at SCCHS brought this article to my attention.  It provides some interesting statistics on how easily certain kinds of passwords can be compromised.

For those who may not have the time or inclination to read the article (although doing so would be well worth your time) its primary conclusion is that we should re-think the idea of a password and instead consider using a pass-phrase.  Simply by adopting a combination of three uncommon words as our pass-phrase, we could increase the time it would take a determined hacker to breach an account to millions of years.  That would seem to be an adequate level of security.  ;-)

After my recent brush with phishing and identity theft I changed all my passwords, which was no small feat.  Now I'm tempted to go through all that pain again.  Sigh ...

Thanks a lot, Marion!