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I decided to do my rhetorical
analysis paper on the Ted Talk titled "What's wrong with your
pa$$wOrd?" by Lorrie Faith Cranor.
In this speech Lorrie discusses all the things we are doing wrong when
creating new passwords. Most people put absolutely no thought into identity
theft when they create passwords and that is a huge problem. A few of the things she mentioned that we do
wrong were length, the use of common names, and the reuse of old passwords.
Listening to Lorrie speak really hit me pretty hard. I had never really given much thought to what
I should be doing when making a new password.
I always figured simple and using the same basic format for all of them
was smart because then I couldn't forget it.
Lorrie gives some really good advice on using noun/verb alternation in
order to come up with random passwords that are both long and random. She goes on to also explain how because the
nouns and verbs are making a slight sentence they are easier to remember.
This speech has really made me
start to think twice on using my same usual passwords. I highly recommend
everyone to watch this speech and just stop and think about for a little
while. It really does not take a long
time to think of a good password and there are many ways to store your
passwords so that you don’t have to worry about forgetting them. If you are anything like me, it will be the
best 17 minutes you ever spent. This is
the link in order to get straight to the talk in case I persuaded you to watch
it: https://www.ted.com/talks/lorrie_faith_cranor_what_s_wrong_with_your_pa_w0rd
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