[Ham-Computers] Passwords

KD7JYK DM09 kd7jyk at earthlink.net
Fri May 24 23:52:59 EDT 2019


"I did get emailed one of my usernames and passwords asking for money to 
not spread it around."

Change it, then reply to them, and tell them to knock themselves out, 
offer to pay them anyway, see if you can get a lead on some US based 
extortionists, then turn them in for coercion, intimidation, 
racketeering, et cetera, have fun at their expense and a password that 
changed before they even knew it happened...  Some people get to have 
all the fun!

Here's a fun test for everyone!  A username, and password (not mine, but 
I know who/what the use is), minimum six characters, at least one 
capital letter, at least one number, and a "special" character, aka, 
"secure", and "hard to guess".  We'll skip the almost-impossible-at-best 
guess part, and just post the username/password outright, and in the clear.

Username:  BJWatkins  Password:  Abc_123

Spread it around, let us know how it works out!

Kurt



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