Re: Please do not change your password

[Geoff Nathan <geoffnathan () WAYNE EDU>]

This discussion reflects one that the tech support listserv at Wayne is currently having. An additional point I would 
make is how many distinct passwords most of us must use. I need a strong password for the following accounts: 
Work machine login (2--I'm both an English professor and an IT guy) 
Wayne State AccessID (e-mail, Bb, Pipeline, library..) 
Bank account 
Credit Card account 
Smartphone account (to buy apps, restore from backup) 
Medical insurance account 
Cable/ISP/Phone (VOIP functions) 
Gmail 
Each of these needs to be strong, and, if I'm responsible, needs to be different. It's hard enough remembering which 
one needs which 'easily memorized cute passphrase', but if I had to rotate them regularly I'd never be able to do it. 
And this doesn't include all the others that are less sensitive (Amazon, Chronicle of Higher Ed., newspaper (only 
available online M-W and Sat), Consumer Reports, Zagat Online--all of which are either subscription-based or otherwise 
financially dependent). 
We have painted ourselves into a corner and I agree with the Microsoft research article referred to earlier that we 
shouldn't be beating up on the average users. If we can't cope, how can they? 

Geoff 

Geoffrey S. Nathan 
Faculty Liaison, C&IT 
and Associate Professor, Linguistics Program 
+1 (313) 577-1259 (C&IT) 
+1 (313) 577-8621 (English/Linguistics) 

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    • Please do not change your password (15) 
    • Security Architect job description? 


    1. Please do not change your password 
        • Re: Please do not change your password (04/15) > From: Steve Werby <smwerby () VCU EDU> 
        • Re: Please do not change your password (04/15) > From: Steve Werby <smwerby () VCU EDU> 
        • Re: Please do not change your password (04/15) > From: Allison Dolan <adolan () MIT EDU> 
        • Re: Please do not change your password (04/15) > From: John Ladwig <John.Ladwig () CSU MNSCU EDU> 
        • Re: Please do not change your password (04/15) > From: Paul Kendall <PKendall () ACCUDATASYSTEMS COM> 
        • Re: Please do not change your password (04/15) > From: Bob Bayn <bob.bayn () USU EDU> 
        • Re: Please do not change your password (04/15) > From: Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks () VT EDU> 
        • Re: Please do not change your password (04/15) > From: Don Cochran <dcochran () SCIPPINTERNATIONAL ORG> 
        • Re: Please do not change your password (04/15) > From: Steve Werby <smwerby () VCU EDU> 
        • Re: Please do not change your password (04/15) > From: Alex Keller <alkeller () SFSU EDU> 
        • Re: Please do not change your password (04/15) > From: John Ladwig <John.Ladwig () CSU MNSCU EDU> 
        • Re: Please do not change your password (04/16) > From: Tom Talley <Thomas.Talley () MICROSOFT COM> 
        • Re: Please do not change your password (04/15) > From: Eric Case <ecase () EMAIL ARIZONA EDU> 
        • Re: Please do not change your password (04/15) > From: Eric Case <ecase () EMAIL ARIZONA EDU> 
        • Re: Please do not change your password (04/15) > From: John Ladwig <John.Ladwig () CSU MNSCU EDU> 

    2. Security Architect job description? 
        • Security Architect job description? (04/15) > From: "Fulton, Lora" <lfulton () BU EDU> 

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