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Re: Please do not change your password


From: "Tonkin, Derek K" <Derek_Tonkin () BAYLOR EDU>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:48:39 -0500

Which is I said at the end you could create three levels or maybe four but, for instance, I could decide to treat my 
passwords for my cell provider, insurance company, and paypal the same and use one password for all of my online sites 
that have no monetary component.  It still reduces the overhead.

Derek Tonkin

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On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:49:01 CDT, "Tonkin, Derek K" said:

I think a lot of the confusion and difficulty could be reduced by losing the
thinking that each password bif I'm responsible, needs to be differentb.  I
think this is one of those areas where the cost vs. risk mitigated is badly out
of balance.  Youbve clearly established that you basically have two sets of
information, sensitive and non-sensitive.  To me that would indicate the need
for two passwords.

Except that in most cases, the "sensitive" information can't be treated as
"sensitive to the same constituency", so it can't be blindly lumped
together as "two sets of info".

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