Thorn in the Rear
by Daniel
Speaking of “thorns” in the flesh - I migrated my Luther email account to Google today. The process itself wasn’t laborious, but the criteria for coming up with a new password is a little bit ridiculous. Here’s a few:
Password must be at least eight characters in length
Password must be different from the last four passwords
Password must be changed every two hundred-such-and-such days
Password must not contain more than two successive characters from your first or last name
Password must use at least three of the following criteria:
Uppercase letters
Lowercase letters
Symbols
Numbers
Remember that this list is from memory and isn’t exhaustive. I'm sure that I remember seeing: blood type, grandmother's maiden name, and favorite Ben Stiller movie on the list too.
It took me about twenty minutes of trial and error to come up a memorable password that fit the ludicrous criteria. It was quite the chore. I understand that security is always of concern, but it’s not like my seminary webmail is being targeted by government trained hackers. I hope no one hacks into it and prints off a copy of my thesis! Thorn. In. The. Flesh.
- (dAn[o]0101)
Wait.
-Dan
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