So most of us know already never to give out passwords and usernames to our own accounts, etc. One thing that I always forget, should I report anyone asking for such info or just ignore them? I tell them that it is a reportable offense to use anothers password and such things shouldn't be asked for. So is merely asking for account information. a reportable offense? If so I'll be ready to report such behavior next time.
I wanted to share some small and fun safe password tips.
Make your passwords long. But make it something that you will remember best. What I like to do is take a specific word, like "pillow" and stretch out its length by changing certain letters into numbers, adding in extra characters between the word, but in a pattern I can remember. Example:
pillow becomes P1?ll!15?w Every two characters in the word pillow is separated by some type of other character. And some letters like the O has been changed into a number, O being the fifteenth letter becomes 15. I turned the I into 1 because they look similar, just like one might turn A into 4.This way the password is stretched but easy to remember for myself. How you divide the characters and stretch is up to you. But you shouldn't have passwords with less than 8 characters. Ever. Keep your stuff secure. And play with longer passwords, make them fun and secure.
So most of us know already never to give out passwords and usernames to our own accounts, etc. One thing that I always forget, should I report anyone asking for such info or just ignore them? I tell them that it is a reportable offense to use anothers password and such things shouldn't be asked for. So is merely asking for account information. a reportable offense? If so I'll be ready to report such behavior next time.
I wanted to share some small and fun safe password tips.
Make your passwords long. But make it something that you will remember best. What I like to do is take a specific word, like "pillow" and stretch out its length by changing certain letters into numbers, adding in extra characters between the word, but in a pattern I can remember. Example:
pillow becomes P1?ll!15?w Every two characters in the word pillow is separated by some type of other character. And some letters like the O has been changed into a number, O being the fifteenth letter becomes 15. I turned the I into 1 because they look similar, just like one might turn A into 4.This way the password is stretched but easy to remember for myself. How you divide the characters and stretch is up to you. But you shouldn't have passwords with less than 8 characters. Ever. Keep your stuff secure. And play with longer passwords, make them fun and secure.
Asking for account info is a BIG no no. Definitlye report these people, since this crime is punishable by permanent expulsion from RavenWood Schools of Magical Arts.
So most of us know already never to give out passwords and usernames to our own accounts, etc. One thing that I always forget, should I report anyone asking for such info or just ignore them? I tell them that it is a reportable offense to use anothers password and such things shouldn't be asked for. So is merely asking for account information. a reportable offense? If so I'll be ready to report such behavior next time.
I wanted to share some small and fun safe password tips.
Make your passwords long. But make it something that you will remember best. What I like to do is take a specific word, like "pillow" and stretch out its length by changing certain letters into numbers, adding in extra characters between the word, but in a pattern I can remember. Example:
pillow becomes P1?ll!15?w Every two characters in the word pillow is separated by some type of other character. And some letters like the O has been changed into a number, O being the fifteenth letter becomes 15. I turned the I into 1 because they look similar, just like one might turn A into 4.This way the password is stretched but easy to remember for myself. How you divide the characters and stretch is up to you. But you shouldn't have passwords with less than 8 characters. Ever. Keep your stuff secure. And play with longer passwords, make them fun and secure.
