Rajordan (rā'-jər-dăn') |
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YAP - Yet Another PasswordI used to work for a company that had no problems about making every computer program require a password. It got to the point where I started calling them YAPs - Yet Another Password. Naturally you weren't supposed to write them down, but I did. I couldn't keep them all straight. Towards the end I kept saying, "Just give me a chip. Implant a chip right here in my thumb!" It became totally ridiculous when they tried issuing randomly generated passwords for us like "s8x[IdR9~y" (is that an "el" or a "one"? Who knew?) Some programs had no special requirements, so you could get away with something like "fluffy." Other programs would require harder to remember passwords, as in requiring at least one number, at least one uppercase letter, at least one special character and at least ten characters. Below is just a part of the list of computer programs which required passwords:
The funny thing was that to get in the building, all we had to do was swipe a card, or tag along behind someone else. There were too many people in the building to know them all and I never saw anyone ever stop someone from tagging along into the building. The next funny thing was that none of our offices had locks on the doors. We all had desks that locked and some of us had more locks than others. In my office, which I shared with a co-worker, I had two locks for my desk drawers, one for the overhead bin, plus another lock on the big filing cabinet and finally, I had a locking cable on my laptop. Just to make sure you were using those locks, periodically, that week's drafted security detail came around and pulled on the drawers to see if they were indeed locked. Woe be unto the person who had not checked to see that all the locking mechanisms had properly engaged.
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