Thanks for the tips. I will rethink my password policy. Only problem is I have so complex password that I would need to renew them almost all.

Bob,  how do you know when your toast is ready if you don't allow your toaster to email you?

Karyn
Bob,  how do you know when your toast is ready if you don't allow your toaster to email you?

He sends an email to the coffee maker to confirm the toast is ready.
 
DUH!!
 
Every Juan knows coffee makers are the most secure device on the internetz.

Welcome back Karyn.
 
Where u b?
 

kakku
Thanks for the tips. I will rethink my password policy. Only problem is I have so complex password that I would need to renew them almost all.

One way is to come up with a pattern you can remember, perhaps using a couple of words that allow you to change an "S" to a $ or an "O" to a 0 (zero).  Then include an incremental number somewhere (some things won't let you start a password with a number, some won't let you end with a number, so consider putting it in-between two words).  This way you can use all the usual requirements (capital letter, lowercase letter, special character and a number) without having to write anything down.  Whenever you need to change it, just increment the middle number then, if you enter an incorrect password, you'll know what to try next.
 
Examples:
 
$ome01Word
$ome02Word
 
Etc.

Brilliant craigb.

I use "Incorrect" as my standard password.
 
If I ever forget it, or type it wrong, any system will respond with "Your password is incorrect" ...

bapu
Welcome back Karyn.
 
Where u b?

Nowhere,  just been quiet and busy.

kakku
Thanks for the tips. I will rethink my password policy. Only problem is I have so complex password that I would need to renew them almost all.

All the password complexity in the world does you ZERO good if the device or manner they are stored in/on is NOT secure enough to prevent someone from bypassing flawed security measures, or a single failure of you not paying attention when either surfing or installing.
 
Bob Bone
 

bapu

Karyn
Bob,  how do you know when your toast is ready if you don't allow your toaster to email you?

He sends an email to the coffee maker to confirm the toast is ready.
 
DUH!!
 
Every Juan knows coffee makers are the most secure device on the internetz.

Come on now, Bapu.  I guess you missed the security bulletin on the Home Shopping Network, where they demonstrated that coffee makers are only secure IF you used the coupon code 'HotCoffee' when you purchased it, and further, Professor Juan Valdez from Columbian University (he is a DA - Doctor of Agriculture), has discovered that if either the coffee was secretly switched out to Taster's Choice OR he only drank half a cup on a regular basis, that indeed the coffee maker was then wide open to hacking.
 
Nope - I have switched over to storing all of my passwords in my brand new Ronco Popeil's Bass-O-Matic.  It stores everything as puree, and because I use the WHOLE password, it retains all the essential vitamins and minerals.  In fact, 5 out of 4 cooking show judges recommend it.  AND, because when I bought it, it was before midnight that night, I was able to set it up as RAID, because they gave me a SECOND Bass-O-Matic for FREE - I just had to pay a separate $68.53 for processing and handling.  (That was kind of weird, actually, since they both came in the same box).
 
I can even shoot cannon balls through my Bass-O-Matic, and it still floats!  See, the product uses a revolutionary micro-fine polymer font, so nobody can read the fine print, and wait - there's MORE!
 
Bob Bone