[ale] Password security

[Bob Toxen]

See my book page 43:
  "A password should not be ... that others would associate with the
  person.
  ...
  References to your employer or associates"

Bob Toxen
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On Thu, Nov 06, 2025 at 04:35:48PM -0500, Jim Kinney via Ale wrote:

> Maybe don't use the organization name as the video surveillance system
> password like THEY DID AT THE LOUVRE!!
> 
> <sitting in stunned silence>
> 
> -- 
> James P. Kinney III
> 
> Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain
> at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail.
> It won't fatten the dog.
> - Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain
> 
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