A lot of my career in IT work has focused on protecting data. Performing data backups, data integrity tests, testing data encryption and creating data security policies. The university I worked for had multiple logins and passwords and strict guidelines for how complex passwords had to be and how often they needed to be changed. Part of my job was to enforce those password guidelines and train people on how to properly secure their data. I’d cringe every time I found a sticky note with a string of numbers and letters taped to the back of a picture frame or tucked under a keyboard, the most common password hiding places. I cringed a lot. The users always had the same excuse, it wasn’t their fault they simply couldn’t remember all the complicated passwords. I understand, I really do. Remembering passwords is a pain and most companies now will make you change your password several times a year. Many places won’t allow you to re-use old passwords ever. Most people mana...
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