Top Tip

[happy_renting]

When aquiring a new pet dog, cat, budgie, etc., give it a name with mixed upper and lower case and numeric characters, so you will have extra security when you use it's name as a password.

Don't make it too complicated, so you will be able to remember it, even long after the pet is dead.

For extra security, have the animal put down each year and replace it with a new pet & password.

The same rules can also be applied to children.

[Nuggets Mahoney]

When aquiring a new pet dog, cat, budgie, etc., give it a name with mixed upper and lower case and numeric characters, so you will have extra security when you use it's name as a password.

Don't make it too complicated, so you will be able to remember it, even long after the pet is dead.

For extra security, have the animal put down each year and replace it with a new pet & password.

The same rules can also be applied to children.

Ah, sN00kuMs9000. Cutest hamster I ever had.

[thecrashingisles]

How do you shout its name at the back door without compromising security?

[happy_renting]

How do you shout its name at the back door without compromising security?

Just shout the 4th and 9th characters, silly.

[blobloblob]

Don't share your pet's name with anyone, especially your kids.

[happy_renting]

Don't share your pet's name with anyone, especially your kids.

I know someone who called their gerbil 'password'.

Doh!

[Gigantic Purple Slug]

When aquiring a new pet dog, cat, budgie, etc., give it a name with mixed upper and lower case and numeric characters, so you will have extra security when you use it's name as a password.

Don't make it too complicated, so you will be able to remember it, even long after the pet is dead.

For extra security, have the animal put down each year and replace it with a new pet & password.

The same rules can also be applied to children.

This is a stupid tip.

You should set all your passwords to 123password for huge security. The reason behind this is that anyone trying to crack passwords would not think that anyone would be stupid enough to use this as a password.

It is the classic double bluff, and easy to remember too.

[blobloblob]

This is a stupid tip.

You should set all your passwords to 123password for huge security. The reason behind this is that anyone trying to crack passwords would not think that anyone would be stupid enough to use this as a password.

It is the classic double bluff, and easy to remember too.

Yep. That's why all my bank cards' pins are 1234 and my wifi password is buffy.

[winkie]

Mine is the day of the week....I change it daily.

[Ill_handle_it]

Instead spending ££££££££££££'s on an expensive pair of binoculars simply stand closer to the object you want to look at (Viz).

[StainlessSteelCat]

It's not an entirely daft idea. There's a school of thought that complicated hard to remember but short passwords are counter productive against brute force attacks.

If, however, you think of your cat in descriptive terms as "darkoverlordwhocravesrodentsandiscalledbob" and then use that as your password - it's more memorable and quite difficult to crack.

[The Masked Tulip]

It's not an entirely daft idea. There's a school of thought that complicated hard to remember but short passwords are counter productive against brute force attacks.

If, however, you think of your cat in descriptive terms as "darkoverlordwhocravesrodentsandiscalledbob" and then use that as your password - it's more memorable and quite difficult to crack.

Bob! Bob? That's not a girl's name!

[thecrashingisles]

Bob! Bob? That's not a girl's name!

Cryptography textbooks always show how securely Alice and Bob communicate. Therefore simply chance your name to Alice/Bob and you will be safe.

[Ologhai Jones]

I know someone who called their gerbil 'password'.

Doh!

It's probably more common than you think.

[happy_renting]

For extra security, have the animal put down each year and replace it with a new pet & password.

On second thoughts, it may be simpler just to have the animal put down ech year, but keep the same name, for the new one, to make it easier to remember.

[The Masked Tulip]

Cryptography textbooks always show how securely Alice and Bob communicate. Therefore simply chance your name to Alice/Bob and you will be safe.

Alice is my alter-ego on the weekends

[happy_renting]

Another Tip:

Never tell anyone your pets name.

In particular , never tell your pet it's name.

It my sell it to identity thieves, or be kidnapped and reveal it under torture. Especially if it is a parrot.

[Hail the Tripod]

If, however, you think of your cat in descriptive terms as "darkoverlordwhocravesrodentsandiscalledbob" and then use that as your password - it's more memorable and quite difficult to crack.

I use: hailthetripodisasexgod to make it memorable for the wife.

[Battenberg]

On second thoughts, it may be simpler just to have the animal put down ech year, but keep the same name, for the new one, to make it easier to remember.

Not a good idea. How will you decide when asked the name of your favourite pet.

[happy_renting]

Not a good idea. How will you decide when asked the name of your favourite pet.

No problem. I'd remember the name, it will always be the same, but probably forget the pet.

One labrador looks much like any other. Same with bees (never believe a beekeper who claims to have names for all his bees, they are clearly demented)..

[Jolly Roger]

Another top tip for people with spiders as pets:

Give your spiders the nailbiting experience of a real life indiana Jones adventure by tipping them down a cardboard tube whilst slowly closing the lower end with a playing card. For added excitement roll a Ferrero rocher down the tube and have a friend insert cocktail sticks through the side at regular intervals.

[Bloo Loo]

My password is squish

[blobloblob]

My password is squish

Squ15h would be much safer. You should consider changing.

[sleepwello'nights]

My password is "Icanttellyou". If I'm ever asked I truthfully tell the enquirer.