Day Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Time for @Boycie to find himself some new passwords. Common and easily guessed passwords like 'admin' or '12345' are being banned in the UK as part of world-first laws to protect against cyber attacks. As well as default passwords, if a user suggests a common password they will be prompted to change it on creation of a new account. https://news.sky.com/story/admin-and-12345-banned-from-being-used-as-passwords-in-uk-crackdown-on-cyber-attacks-13125565 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ketteringram Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Chelsea 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 I don't know when I last saw a password thing that didn't insist on a mix of numbers, letters & special characters etc, so I'm suprised this is still an issue. Crewton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjam Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 I use Lastpass, it stores all of mine safely, insets them automatically into the correct website and alerts you if there have been any data breaches. *I also have a note book I write them all down in as well, if for some reason I lost access to my PC or Lastpass account I've got a hard copy backup somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 On one of my private pension sites we were told that there is a new format for signing in, The password had to have 8+ letters with uppercase, a number and a special character, Then a remember ie where you were born, Mothers maiden name, 1st car and the like, And finally your account number...it was a bloody pain. 1 month later after complaints by users, They moved to your account number and password 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted April 29 Author Share Posted April 29 4 minutes ago, maxjam said: I use Lastpass, it stores all of mine safely, insets them automatically into the correct website and alerts you if there have been any data breaches. *I also have a note book I write them all down in as well, if for some reason I lost access to my PC or Lastpass account I've got a hard copy backup somewhere. Yeah there is no real excuse now for forgetting passwords. Both Google and Apple have inbuilt password storage, will even suggest passwords, then you have 3rd party apps like Lastpass as well. You have one password to remember, just one. Which my wife will still struggle with, but won't go there. Add in 2FA, no reason why in this day and age you can give yourself the best protection from hacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 I stick to the same 4 digit pin for all bank cards, passwords, house alarm, bike locks, phone unlock etc. Obviously, I ain't gonna give anything away on here. Regards Mucker1884 Alph, maxjam, ariotofmyown and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjam Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 2 minutes ago, Day said: Yeah there is no real excuse now for forgetting passwords. Both Google and Apple have inbuilt password storage, will even suggest passwords, then you have 3rd party apps like Lastpass as well. You have one password to remember, just one. Which my wife will still struggle with, but won't go there. Add in 2FA, no reason why in this day and age you can give yourself the best protection from hacking. Oh yeah I agree. I still like to have a hard copy of all of my passwords though, since I started using Lastpass all of mine are now 10-12 characters long made up of random numbers, letters, symbols etc I've got literally zero chance of remembering any of them! If Lastpass or Google/Apple etc ever got hacked I could be potentially locked out of all of my accounts online, its piece of mind scribbling them all down once in a notebook. 2FA is also essential in this day and age imho. It is literally the only reason as to why I have a phone 😛 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 2 hours ago, Day said: Time for @Boycie to find himself some new passwords. Common and easily guessed passwords like 'admin' or '12345' are being banned in the UK as part of world-first laws to protect against cyber attacks. As well as default passwords, if a user suggests a common password they will be prompted to change it on creation of a new account. https://news.sky.com/story/admin-and-12345-banned-from-being-used-as-passwords-in-uk-crackdown-on-cyber-attacks-13125565 Feck Mucker1884, RadioactiveWaste and i-Ram 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 22 minutes ago, Boycie said: Feck That wouldn't be acceptable, but uF3ck*Ff might be. Mucker1884 and i-Ram 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 3 hours ago, Crewton said: That wouldn't be acceptable, but uF3ck*Ff might be. 🤣 y3r_tw@ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 11 minutes ago, Mucker1884 said: 🤣 y3r_tw@ n0_w()ρρI3s 🖖 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 8 minutes ago, Crewton said: n0_w()ρρI3s 🖖 Not a clue! You win! 🤣🏆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 2 hours ago, Mucker1884 said: Not a clue! You win! 🤣🏆 The two 'p's are the Greek letter Rho (yes, I had to look that up!) Mucker1884 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 So it's changed from "Ban3mall4eva!" to "B1ggerthanNathan1als8+"? Mucker1884 and Crewton 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 I hacked Boycie's account and his password was C@dEzER0mYHEr0 Boycie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 3 minutes ago, Mostyn6 said: I hacked Boycie's account and his password was C@dEzER0mYHEr0 You cruel beast! He catfished me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i-Ram Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 10 minutes ago, Boycie said: You cruel beast! He catfished me. He ‘what’ fisted you? RadioactiveWaste and Boycie 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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