Image via Wikipedia Paranoia can be a harsh mistress. The problem is not memory, the problem is attitude. People are too god dam casual about these passwords until it is too late. Lose your password to your Google account and all of your Gmail, Picasa , Calendar , Address Book , Blogger , etc. are at risk. Some of those Google-secured connections are directly connected to money. For example, your AdWords account is accessed through a Google login. The more places you use these accounts, the more paranoid you need to be because it WILL happen to you too. And please, it is not just a matter of making the password long! Please STOP using real English words as passwords! There is something called a dictionary attack that allows a miscreant to quickly figure out a password. If you use a word that can be found in a common language, be assured that it WILL find yours. The article has good advice. Go for 11 or more characters, a phrase would be even better. And be wary of any websit...
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