It's the weekend, so thought I'd pass along this video for your entertainment and reflection.
On a more serious note, what strategies do you suggest for remembering passwords? What strategies do you suggest for keeping passwords secure? Do you teach your students about the importance of safeguarding their passwords?
Thank you for the giggles! Seriously, though it is hard to remember all of the usernames and passwords. I tend to keep my username the same for everything as much as possible (even though faerieprincess can be embarassing). The passwords vary depending on the security I need to maintain. For example, I have easy to remember passwords for sites such as animoto but my password for my banking is much more complex. I haven't really thought about teaching students about the importance of keeping passwords secure because I have just been focused on them remembering what it is but I will definitely reconsider now.
ReplyDeleteThis video is great! It actually reminded me of the beginning of this class as we began opening new accounts and creating user names and passwords for each. I've always had a hard time keeping mine straight, I try and stick to the same 2 or 3 user names and passwords but somehow always manage to forget or confuse which ones are for which. I would write them down on notebook paper to try and remember, sometimes a sticky note but you know how that ends, I'd lose the sticky or forget where I wrote them down. The first week in this class Kelly forced me to create a word document which is labeled with all of my different accounts, the user name for each one as well as the password for each. This way I have it saved on my computer and don't need to worry about losing random sheets or scraps of paper with my important information written down. Thanks to Kelly, my life was made a lot easier!
ReplyDeleteTrying to remember passwords and usernames gets very crazy. I use a program called Keypass. You only have to remember that one password and then you can organize all of your websites, usernames and passwords in one location!
ReplyDeleteI thought this video was pretty funny, and I know that we can all relate to at least some of the examples he gave, I know I could! I actually learned in my last course from a classmate that if you have a password you use often for example "February" then you would just add the first two letters of the site you were creating the password for to the end of it. So for example, if I were on Animoto --my password would be "Februaryan". I thought this was a pretty cool tip and I have started using it BUT it can be tricky if a certain site requires a number or symbol to be part of the password. This is where it gets tricky for me, and have to click the "forgot password" button. But I may very well create a word document as well to keep organized for my classes etc. because it can come in handy in situations where I forget!
ReplyDeleteThis was very comical! It was nice to have a blog post that had humor plus an important message in it. I can totaly relate to everything that he was joking about with password creations. I understand the importance of having passwords that are highly secure. If you have ever had one of your accounts hacked you understand the importance of taking the time to put some creative thought into your password creations. In my department we assist students with the creation of a password for the college network. Students always want the password to be something easy that they can remember. I always give my speech about creating a passwords that include letters, numbers and symbols for added security. All of us can be naive at times thinking that my accounts will never get hacked into. One thing that drives me crazy about passwords is the curve letter test. Sometimes I can hardly make out the curved letters or numbers they want you to type in the box. I know it is for safety concerns, but can't they come up with something better? I really need my glasses to attempt to read the messy letters and or numbers!!!
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