Speed Bump by Dave Coverly for September 23, 2021

And then select all of the pictures that have a traffic light.

I have visited sites where they had quite strict requirements, and DID NOT SPECIFY THEM!. So I type in

QNQ)>|>_8sJ(|=3dIl#bFD

and it responds “password must be between 8 and 20 characters long”

So I type in

QNQ)>|>_8sJ(|=3dIl

And it says “Password may not contain characters ()[]|”

So I type in

2KNqhjbwzPPPfuUa9B

And it says “Password must contain at least one punctuation character, one numeric character”

So I type in

2KNqhjbwzPPPfuUa9@

And it says “Password may not contain more than two of the same character”

So I call them

And ANYone can figure it out of you use your owner’s name.

And an upper case Woof.

Ponder this. What if I change my password and they crack that one. Should I have changed it from something that was working?

Don’t forget to hit paws.

What? No whimpers? It won’t be secure if you don’t include whimpers!

That must be an Appaw iYap.

I think that password programs should also accept characters typed while holding down the CTRL or ALT key.

I am put off by sites that restrict you to ONLY 20 characters. Most of my passwords are at least that long.

Even a site as prominent as USAA limits one to 20 characters. Fortunately, they ignore all typed after the 20th character so my phrases still make sense to me and I don’t have to stop in mid word or mid sentence.

Another self-defeating security measure. Forcing you to write down your password makes it less secure in my opinion. Who can remember the character salad you have to use?

Awwww, cute doggies!

Noseprint recognition might work better. Sniff the screen.

That password doesn’t pass the sniff test.

Upper and lower case.

Something more purrplexing.

Does my new password make my @$$ look bigger?

Work quickly before the slobber short circuits the key board!

That’s bad site design. I’m amazed at how poor some sites are. When I was teaching site design ¼ century ago my kids did better.

Most people would rather clean a toilet than create a new password. :)

Reminded of Umberto Eco’s "Foucault’s Pendulum, in which the main character is trying to access a computer and is presented with “Do you know the password?” Ultimately, he learns to simply answer the question.

https://xkcd.com/936/