Let your theme song be your password

http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2008/08/let-your-theme-song-be-your-password.html

by sysop073 • 18 years ago

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brk• 18 years ago

Actually, this reminded me of a decent password "generator" and rememberer scheme I read about on /. many years ago. Take the first letters of the first line of a favorite song and use that as your password. CIRPOTB was the example used there, from the Pearl Jam song "Jeremy". Add a checksum digit if you like (a number that corresponds the the length of the alpha part (cirpotb7). In most cases this is as secure as anything else and easy to remember.

Another method that I have personally used is to take the FCC ID of a device I carry (pager, cellphone, etc) and use that. After a few iterations you remember it, it's very random, but you also have it written down in plaintext with you if you forget.

sysop073• 18 years ago

Those are decent because they generate random passwords. I don't really understand this scheme, because if you have to keep track of a file to use as your password you might as well just use a public key crypto system instead

Let your theme song be your password

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