Free Range by Bill Whitehead for August 22, 2020

Those creative writing classes in school paid off cuz we need those skills to create passwords

True story: John Steinbeck once struggled to write a perfect excuse note for his absent son.

I have this problem too sometimes.

No longer my issue. I use a password manager and let it make the new one. Creating a great password is small potatoes compared to the ability to create a complete sentence. I used to know a bunch of words that have since eluded me, getting older is an adventure.

Even if you find it, in this world you need a lot more than one!

I have a great one but everyone wants me to change it all the time.

I have a great password that I have been using for the last 5 minutes. I’ll come up with a new one tomorrow when another of my accounts expires.

Passwords are a PITA unless it’s a banking site….

This is truly a great comic and comment on the values of today’s society. Thanks, Bill, I knew you had it in you.

1. Get the cat to walk all over the keyboard when you’re in a text editing program.

2. Print off the result and use part of it as your password.

Sure.. you come up with a good one and then MS tells you to change it.

Try a random password generator that sends the random password and your username to the Russians or Nigerians or Disney.

Catnip2020

“Drowssap”. You’re welcome. And for any nefarious folks out there, no I don’t use this.

“It was a dark and stormy night.”