Birthdate as your Password ?
@UR_Forever_Raja (985)
India
March 17, 2016 5:11pm CST
Hi,
Not strange, but I have seen people using their birth date as their passwords. Recently I came across 3 colleagues - who used their birth date as their passwords. I don't know how safe it is. But it was not hard for me to get once's birth date of my colleagues. It is on login portal.
Okay you might be thinking how I got a clue they were using that password.
1 Mobile Banking ask for 6 digit number
2 It would be very rare to see a member using 89 or 91 as their last 2 digit.
3 Movement of fingers on phone.
4 You should not book your tickets through your phone in front of strangers lol ( Off course she tried to hide it -- but then fingers motion gave me a hint. )
4 out of 5 accepted that they use birth date as their password. So do you use your birth date in your password ? Have you ever used it ? Do you think it is safe ?
I am using birth date as password but it's not mine 
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14 responses
@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
18 Mar 16
@UR_Forever_Raja Ha - you'd never guess mine, but I'm not going to give you the opportunity to try
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@UR_Forever_Raja (985)
• India
18 Mar 16
@jaboUK At least one try ? 
Please ( look into my eyes ....concentrate.... your eyes are getting heavier... you want to sleep... you will fall asleep in 3 2 1 ... 
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Please ( look into my eyes ....concentrate.... your eyes are getting heavier... you want to sleep... you will fall asleep in 3 2 1 ... )1 person likes this
@allknowing (136446)
• India
18 Mar 16
Ridiculous if anyone does that. Passwords should be such that no clues are thrown around it.
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@allknowing (136446)
• India
18 Mar 16
@UR_Forever_Raja And that is even more ridiculous
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@UR_Forever_Raja (985)
• India
18 Mar 16
Like, Can you share some of your passwords ? 
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@rosekiss (30414)
• Eugene, Oregon
18 Mar 16
@UR_Forever_Raja That is personal silly
I have been using my borthday for my passowrd for a long time, and never had any problems as long as others didn't know what it was.
I have been using my borthday for my passowrd for a long time, and never had any problems as long as others didn't know what it was.1 person likes this
@Carmelanirel2 (8084)
• United States
20 Mar 16
I would never use my birth date for my password, but using another's is a good move. Of course when you change your password (you should change passwords, especially for sites like your banking site) occasionally, just to be safe, then you would have to find anther's birth date..lol (One good thing about that, you won't forget your friend's/relative's birthday. 
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@Carmelanirel2 (8084)
• United States
20 Mar 16
@UR_Forever_Raja Ah, but you can use your other friend's or relative's birthdays as well, and still keep your one crush
@UR_Forever_Raja (985)
• India
20 Mar 16
Hello Stranger, Thank you for Stopping by, So you mean to say I need to find more secret crushes around and ask their birth date
I am not good at by hearting dates. 
I am not good at by hearting dates. 1 person likes this
@DanieGirl80587 (2713)
• United States
18 Mar 16
I would never use my birthday or any of my family member's birthdays as a password. Too risky.
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@DanieGirl80587 (2713)
• United States
18 Mar 16
@UR_Forever_Raja Something that relates to me and what I would only know and remember.
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@UR_Forever_Raja (985)
• India
18 Mar 16
@DanieGirl80587 like ? Any example ?
Is that your birth date ? 8th May
@Sei_Ryoku (78)
• Indianapolis, Indiana
17 Mar 16
In my experience, anyone who knows you well enough could guess a birth date of yours, or anyone else's that you would be close to, so using a birthdate isn't safe at all. Also, I've been told to vary up the characters (so use lower case letters, upper case, numbers, AND special characters), to make it safer.. So.. ^_^
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@UR_Forever_Raja (985)
• India
18 Mar 16
Fair enough, But how about a birth date of a secret crush
Note - Mobile banking doesn't allow you to use characters and special characters. 
Note - Mobile banking doesn't allow you to use characters and special characters. 1 person likes this
@UR_Forever_Raja (985)
• India
18 Mar 16
@Sei_Ryoku Well it is well protected. You can access your account only from a registered mobile number + phone. If you try to download banking app in another phone and try attach my account details, you won't be allowed.
m-pin is valid for your mobile only
Yes she was publicly known, but yes she was my secret crush... No one knows her name... except one guy ... oh wait ... now it's 2 .....
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Oh my god , 145 people knows about it...
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Oh well it's not secret any more. 
Yes she was publicly known, but yes she was my secret crush... No one knows her name... except one guy ... oh wait ... now it's 2 .....
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Oh well it's not secret any more. 1 person likes this
@Sei_Ryoku (78)
• Indianapolis, Indiana
18 Mar 16
@UR_Forever_Raja I find that unfortunate because in my opinion banking (mobile or otherwise) is one of the things you'd want really well protected...
(If you're like me you don't have a "secret" crush - you have a crush that everyone knows about, because you make it so obvious )
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@UR_Forever_Raja (985)
• India
18 Mar 16
Yes that is the reason I stopped using mixed passwords. Those are highly secure and highly forgettable
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
18 Mar 16
You keep forgetting I suffer from something that is unknown - but I cannot get numbers easily. So I do not use any numbers for my passwords.... always safer to use something that you can remember right? Else, my inbox will be filled with those "Recover My Password" links.
I find it really confusing when people remember their numerical passwords correct. The few places where they do not allow anything else but numbers, I keep messing up things. I have lost two Debit Cards just because they do not allow me to use text
I think I will call in @vandana07 and if she thinks it right, I should file a law suite against the banks for this.1 person likes this
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
18 Mar 16
@UR_Forever_Raja I messed up my android some months ago because of those 0000 thing. had wrongly typed in thrice and that machine got locked or whatever.... then I disassembled it not knowing what to do next
And for the debit cards... I already mentioned that I have lost two. I now am feeling scared to go to the bank as the moment they see me, they ask... did you lock it up again
Baby is wailing almost all of the day and night. Eats, sleeps and keeps us sleepless
DE seems to have disappeared. I have no idea whats up... hoping he is all okay and just occupied elsewhere.
had wrongly typed in thrice and that machine got locked or whatever.... then I disassembled it not knowing what to do next
And for the debit cards... I already mentioned that I have lost two. I now am feeling scared to go to the bank as the moment they see me, they ask... did you lock it up again
Baby is wailing almost all of the day and night. Eats, sleeps and keeps us sleepless
DE seems to have disappeared. I have no idea whats up... hoping he is all okay and just occupied elsewhere.1 person likes this
@UR_Forever_Raja (985)
• India
20 Mar 16
@thesids That's funny, go to other bank
It's going to happen... But feeling of picking her up and playing with her is so awesome ... Isn't it ?
I got response from DE yesterday.
That's funny, go to other bank
It's going to happen... But feeling of picking her up and playing with her is so awesome ... Isn't it ?
I got response from DE yesterday. @UR_Forever_Raja (985)
• India
18 Mar 16
Hi 
How are you doing bro ? How is your new comer
Well if you don't have much balance in your account... try to use a simple pin like me --- 0000 or 9999
I usually have such pins .... I have 3 accounts. And the moment I received my salary which is not much --- 12k, I spread them in my 3 accounts. 2 accounts got debit card and the last account is loan account lol
I don't hate numbers but yes sometimes I forget the site name as well
Do you know what happened to Daddy evil ? He hasn't responded my email in past 4 days. Hope everything is fine with him.
How are you doing bro ? How is your new comer
Well if you don't have much balance in your account... try to use a simple pin like me --- 0000 or 9999
I usually have such pins .... I have 3 accounts. And the moment I received my salary which is not much --- 12k, I spread them in my 3 accounts. 2 accounts got debit card and the last account is loan account lol
I don't hate numbers but yes sometimes I forget the site name as well
Do you know what happened to Daddy evil ? He hasn't responded my email in past 4 days. Hope everything is fine with him.1 person likes this
@UR_Forever_Raja (985)
• India
20 Mar 16
I don't know if my secret crush has kept her birth date public 1 person likes this
@Macarrosel (7498)
• Philippines
18 Mar 16
I was a banker and we don't encouraged our clients to open an ATM account using their birthdate as password for it can easily be traced. even dates connected with their personal lives are totally discouraged.
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@UR_Forever_Raja (985)
• India
18 Mar 16
Yes, that is why I keep my friend's birth date
I hate those policy where we are asked to change our password after every 30 days. Moreover we can't keep the same password for next 5 sessions. 
I hate those policy where we are asked to change our password after every 30 days. Moreover we can't keep the same password for next 5 sessions. 
@AnneEJ (4917)
• Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec
21 Mar 16
That is a very unsafe thing to use as a password
@UR_Forever_Raja (985)
• India
18 Mar 16
You can directly tell me what is your password so that I can borrow some money from your account 
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