Writing Your Life History In Passwords

Culture

from the security-is-for-wimps dept

While I’m sure this article will make security-minded folks cringe, here’s the story of a woman who, when forced every three months to change her password at work, picks a word that relates to whatever she’s focused on in life at that moment. She then writes the password down on a piece of paper – that includes all of her past passwords for many years – and scans that piece of paper into her computer. While the security of this method is quite weak, she says the unintended consequence is that she now has a snapshot of what was going on in her life at three month intervals for many, many years. Of course, there are probably better ways to keep a journal of your life than by hiding it in your password.