2010-04-20 21:54:50 / Posted by Michael Eric to Windows Tips
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Every month (if you're lucky), corporate information technology forces you to change your e-mail, network and other log-in passwords.
On top of that, there are numerous websites and accounts that demand passwords for access. A recent survey by RSA Security, a Bedford, Mass., consulting company that advises businesses on security issues, found that one in five business people are juggling more than 15 passwords.
Managing this "password inflation" leads people to get lazy, using easily guessed words or dates and writing them down where they can easily be found. Two-thirds of the respondents to RSA's study said they knew co-workers who kept their passwords on pieces of paper, and 40 per cent have seen passwords on Post-it notes stuck on workstations. The study also found that at some large companies, as many as half of all requests flowing into IT help desks involved forgotten or compromised passwords.
Passwords people choose are, on average, very weak. People are underestimating the level of ingenuity and determination on the part of hackers.
This is very boring when forgot your password, but don't think it trouble.
Once I met the same problem.
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