I forgot my password!!
By yuna15
@yuna15 (2706)
Philippines
September 22, 2008 5:17pm CST
In my kind of job, I have to remember at least a dozen of different passwords. Argggh!. So we have to keep a list of all the password we use for each system. Most of us usually have to change our password at least once a month and it has to be a different one so every time there is a password change it's not new to us to ask for a password reset.
In my job, we also have a separate system for a password reset for all our callers. Everyday, out of 20 calls 3 or 4 them asked for their password to be reset.
To all of you, do you keep a record of your password in your PC? do you have it written down? do you use the same passwords for all your different programs? How often do you forget your password?
By the way, just a suggestion to all PayPal and AlertPay users. I suggest that you make the password unique from the all the other passwords you use for PTCs or other Get-Paid-To sites including MyLot (especially those who have gone through dDOS attacks). If you make your PTC passwords the same as the password in your PayPal or AlertPay account there is a huge potential for your account to be accessed so beware.
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8 responses
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
22 Sep 08
I try to keep a system to my passwords and I try to keep the ones at work more or less in sync.
It's a good point about the PayPal. I know somebody over on Yuwie who got their PayPal account hacked into and we think it was some kind of a phishing thing where somebody got their Yuwie passwords and it was the same as the PayPal one. You should definitely have unique passwords for any sites have access to financial information.
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@oldboy46 (2129)
• Australia
3 Dec 08
We have unique passwords for those really important things but some of the sites we are members of have common passwords. What I mean is we have several passwords and one of which can be used on certain sites, except as I said for those important sites.
It is not a good idea to store your passwords on the computer as a "good" hacker can still access the information once they get into your computer. There are no "good hackers" but some are much more efficient and/or experienced at it than others which is why I put it in inverted commas. In our case it would not be a problem writing our passwords down as we only ever use the computer/internet in our own home so the information would be safe. I am not so sure that would be the case if you were in a working/business environment though.
It must be frustrating though having to remember a whole lot of passwords and then reset them on a regular basis. Having to learn a new set ofpasswords every month would not be easy I am sure and I do not envy you that at all. It would be somethng of a vicious cycle in many ways and particularly when you first change the passwords. No doubt that your employers see it as being the safest or best way to protect the information.
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@hichamov (507)
• Morocco
23 Sep 08
hello
at large, you have to use a password which as kinda Easy to rememeber and which have a relation with a special thing :), concerning your job it's primordial to change the passwords because of the databases and so on...
thank you for the advices ;)
@theembittered (1025)
• United States
2 Dec 08
I have several passwords and i just try to remember :D for now i have never forget a password!! have a nice day and a good week ;) see you soon and bye bye.
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@ferdzNK (3211)
• Philippines
22 Sep 08
I have more than a hundred of them, and for a guy who have a hard time remembering even phone numbers i need a tool for these things. You are very right, we should never ever use one password for all sites and if possible even login name. Persons involved in these wrong doing unfortunately advances in technology more than the good guys. So let's not give them the pleasure of being hacked.
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