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IMPORTANT REMINDER REGARDING PASSWORDS

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fastboysam
fastboysam
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17 years ago  [Link]  
There have been a few more instances recently of members having their accounts deleted due to their password being guessed.

Accounts accessed this way have also been used by others to break site rules.

Please note that if this happens, your account will be permanently banned.

The security of your account is your responsibility - make sure your password is not easy to guess by picking something unique to yourself, and not related to your username or profile image.

For example, some users have had a football badge as their userpic, and a password like "arsenal" or "gunners" - this is just asking for trouble.

You can check your password strength here : http://www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/password/checker.mspx

Stay secure, and don't lose your hard earned stats over something so simple.

Edited at 10:17 Tue 27/05/08 (BST)
flapjack
flapjack
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Posts: 5,223
17 years ago  [Link]  
glad mine is nice and strong
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17 years ago  [Link]  
Mine is strong, i checked it on that password checker.

Thanks fastboysam.

No worries for me.
flapjack
flapjack
Admin
Posts: 5,223
17 years ago  [Link]  
your username is probably harder to remember than your pword
zantetsukenz
zantetsukenz
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Posts: 19,967
17 years ago  [Link]  
lol my password is apparently weak but i KNOW it is practically impossible to hack
canamir
canamir
Posts: 595
17 years ago  [Link]  
Thanks fastboysam!
My password is apparently medium, but no one will ever be able to guess it
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17 years ago  [Link]  
You should'nt of posted the website mate it encouraged people to try it
madmiketyson
madmiketyson
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17 years ago  [Link]  
pro_i_am said:
You should'nt of posted the website mate it encouraged people to try it


^ ^ ^
flapjack
flapjack
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Posts: 5,223
17 years ago  [Link]  
apparently mine is best! yay go me
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17 years ago  [Link]  
Remember:

To make your password more secure, mix it up with letters and numbers, this makes it less likely to be accessed from a "dictionary based attack".


A dictionary attack consists of trying "every word in the dictionary" as a possible password for an encrypted message.
A dictionary attack is generally more efficient than a brute force attack, because users typically choose poor passwords.
Dictionary attacks are generally far less successful against systems that use passphrases instead of passwords.


Edited at 15:20 Tue 27/05/08 (BST)
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17 years ago  [Link]  
mr_mcquiston said:
Remember:

To make your password more secure, mix it up with letters and numbers, this makes it less likely to be accessed from a "dictionary based attack".


A dictionary attack consists of trying "every word in the dictionary" as a possible password for an encrypted message.
A dictionary attack is generally more efficient than a brute force attack, because users typically choose poor passwords.
Dictionary attacks are generally far less successful against systems that use passphrases instead of passwords.


Edited at 15:20 Tue 27/05/08 (BST)


just try not to forget it if you going to do that !
Deleted User
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17 years ago  [Link]  
My password is week but practically impossible to guess lol
Deleted User
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17 years ago  [Link]  
Same lol
sandi
sandi
Posts: 232
17 years ago  [Link]  
Whats a password?
Deleted User
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17 years ago  [Link]  
Are you kidding me ?

when you first log in to funkypool you see a username feild and a pass feild (a box where you can type you username and password)


Pass is just a shorter word for password lol

madmiketyson
madmiketyson
Posts: 10,415
17 years ago  [Link]  
lmao- she was kidding you
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17 years ago  [Link]  
Mines weak but i think it would be hard to guess
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