Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for May 31, 2016

Now THAT seems like a logical outcome to online orders, not just a joke.

A robotic watchdog?

Did you ever have your computer remember passwords for you? You keep using that so many times that when you need to enter it, you’ve forgotten it, and can’t find where it was written down, so you have to reset it again.And you have the computer remember it for you…

A-hem. I believe it was the tomb stone that was ordered.

Gotta love it

Yes, for real. Wonder how long before all that protocol will just fade.

The password was “WatchMeHoldMyBeerWhileIDoThis”

Way back in the 1970s I was in the Army working in a Top Secret office. We had 5 locked safes that we had to change the combinations of every month. Now computer passwords are very easy to remember after doing that for four years.

Every place has different requirements for passwords making it hard to use the same one over and over. Plus some lock you out after three (3) attempts to log in. My work has one password for the computer and one for online/email. Both expire at different times and for different lengths so you can’t use the same password for both. I have my passwords with the same first part and change the last special character each time.

Never change your passwords after you have had several adult beverages or herbal recreational medications and you are now feeling clever and crafty.

BWAHAHAHA

There was a Dilbert where the boss’ new requirement was random characters, letters and numbers, and changed every three days, and you couldn’t write them down. Personally, I store key portions of them in Memos on my phone, but not whole ones.

I try to use only one password, an old cat’s name with a number after it…….Works almost everywhere……I’m a bit dyslexic, Hell, I can never even remember where hide my stash……I don’t have a chance with passwords….

Possible side effects to the Internet and the World Wide Web!

Government required new password every month, and couldn’t re-use any part of ANY previous password, so all passwords were indeed on sticky notes or taped to drawers. Exactly why Hillary’s home server may indeed have been more secure than any computer in a government office!

Anybody else notice how the sites with the least sensitive information are the most demanding for complex passwords and frequent changes?