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        <title><![CDATA[Excel easy to hack]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Just an FYI dhays. Don't make the mistake of thinking your Excel spreadsheets are protected when you use a password. Look up &quot;Advanced Office Password Recovery Pro&quot;...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeffp77]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:05:14 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: How to avoid the '500 worst passwords of all time']]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There are several excellent &quot;password safes&quot; available freely as &quot;open source&quot; programs, &quot;Password Safe&quot; is an excellent product, as well as is &quot;Keepass&quot;. Of course if you've got money to burn, then price is no object. ;}) seriously these keep all your passwords and personal information concerning them under full encryption, so if you should lose your USB drive, your passwords remain safe from prying eyes.Each product contains a Randomly produced password of any strength that you might require, with Password Safe that upper limit is 300 bit passwords. I gave up trying to create and maintain passwords in my head a couple of years ago thanks to Password Safe. It is secured with a single randomly generated password, that I occasionally change.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[hdlss@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 08:43:47 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: How to avoid the '500 worst passwords of all time']]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[i usually mix letters and numbers and rumble or mix them to be able to play safe.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[malou.buenaventura]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:02:07 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: How to avoid the '500 worst passwords of all time']]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[RE: How to avoid the '500 worst passwords of all time'I have used AnyPass Pro for several years for all my contact info: passwords, telephone numbers, etc. I have [probably] 150 passwords. The software can be password protected, so I feel reasonably safe. In addition to my computer, the software can be run on a flash drive without any special tricks needed. For a password, I usually use two words with a numeral between them, and I change every password annually - as I encounter it after the new year. I usually use a string of 7-9 characters in a password. Sometimes, I use the &quot;=&quot; or &quot;+&quot; or another symbol as well as a numeral. I also have a collection of logon IDs that I use, switching them around irregularly. I keep a list of these logons in AnyPass, so that I don't repeat a logon closer than three years. I make sure to never use a logon as a password [or vice versa].]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jeckyt]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:45:32 -0800</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[RE: How to avoid the '500 worst passwords of all time'I use Roboform and in my opinion it has been one of my smarter purchases. I generate a unique password for all of my password protected sites so there can be no cross-contamination. I also take security one step further when logging onto a bank site. I open up a completely new browser, not merely a new tab, then transact whatever I need to do and then close that browser completely. I will never go to another site from a browser that I opened for a bank transaction. It is so easy to do this simple security procedure that there is no reason not to do so.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jeckyt]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:40:56 -0800</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[thx]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[alaa emad]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:05:26 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[For those of a mathematical bentPassword generator -My house ( or street, or age etc.) number times (or add, divide, etc.) my house ( or street, or age etc.)does not equal 100 (or any other number you like.So my password could be 59Times96&gt;=480.I find numbers just easier to remember...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Agnostic_OS]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:38:21 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[I've been using Roboform for about three years now and I love it. I put it on every computer I get. It's well worth the money and will save you a lot of time. I'm paralyzed on the left side so it's a pain for me to type. Roboform saves me all of that. I highly recommend it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[pitter43@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:02:49 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[use all the tips given above-va]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:45:26 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Although I use RoboForm Pro at home, I change my password at work at the beginning of every month and don?t write it down anywhere.  I have three picture calendars on my walls: this month, last month and next month.  Using the calendars as visual tools, I create a related phrase, and then condense that down to an 8 character strong password. For example, last month one of my calendars had a picture of a wolf cub coming out of a wooded area, so my phase was ?are you sure?? My password became:  a5usU3?  One of my best was a picture of a Tufted *** mouse on a lilac bush, my phrase was ?Mine aren?t purple? pw: m1r?tpu3.  It?s my way to add a bit of fun to my job and secure my employer?s data.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[akprange]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:31:25 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: How to avoid the '500 worst passwords of all time']]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The latest embarrassment was on Twitter as one of their admin account has the password &quot;password&quot; which make it pretty easy to hack.There can be a whole book written on managing password for corporations. They have to change the password often as people change departments, their security levels are changed or they leave the job.Dating for  professionals singles]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ryan-s]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:18:30 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[I can say that none of my 66 current passwords nor any of the 53 retired one are on the list. Some are close, but only a part of the actual password. I do have some relatively simple passwords/PIN #'s I have been changing some to more complex ones or ones that can't be figured out immediately--such as Sarah Palin's were.. If I have a city name, it will part of my former address, etc. License plate numbers are used or variations on them, such as adding the state name, especially if you no longer live there.I use a Password protected Excel Spreadsheet, it doesn't populate any webforms, but is free and easy to use]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[aatifkhan2009]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:17:06 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[I should clarify my remarks to say that I am using RoboForm Pro, not the free edition.  It was well worth the money.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[john181818]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:34:21 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[sjeffreya]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I swear by RoboForm Pro. I just checked my passwords before writing this and on this rig I have 364 passwords. Plus RF generates passwords depending on length, numeric, alpha, characters and symbols. It also gives your bit score of your what combinaion is. Some sites don't allow more than 10 charachters. Allot don't allow charachters and symbols. With RoboForm nothing is hard. Just click your cursor on your choice say, alpha-numeric choose your length and hit generate. If that one doesn't tickle your fancy keep generating until you come across one you like. Then hit fill and your new password automatically fills itselfs in. No excuse not to update your  heavily trafficed sites reguallarly. Oh one thing. Unless your writing passwords down. Back up, Back up, Back up!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[sjeffreya]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:56:03 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Oh, and I use Password Plus on my Palm Treo to manage the dozens of passwords I need for person and business use.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jguzzo]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:26:22 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Using a sentence is probably the simplest to remember and you can add some more complexity by substituting a number or symbol that is similar to a letter. For example, use the sentence, &quot;Mary is the woman I will love for eternity.&quot; A password could be, Mitw1wl4e or M1TwIl$e. note that by using shift or a number, you can make these powerful and nearly impossible to guess.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jguzzo]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:24:49 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[I use Roboform and in my opinion it has been one of my smarter purchases.  I generate a unique password for all of my password protected sites so there can be no cross-contamination.  I also take security one step further when logging onto a bank site.  I open up a completely new browser, not merely a new tab, then transact whatever I need to do and then close that browser completely.  I will never go to another site from a browser that I opened for a bank transaction.  It is so easy to do this simple security procedure that there is no reason not to do so.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[john181818]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:09:21 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[I HAVE FOUND THAT USING SYMBOLS IN THE FRONT, FOLLOWED BY PART CAPS, PART LOWER CASE, AND FINISHING UP WITH ANOTHER SYMBOL WILL DEVELOP A &quot; STRONG &quot; PASSWORD.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[VIKING21]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:02:08 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have used AnyPass Pro for several years for all my contact info:  passwords, telephone numbers, etc.  I have [probably] 150 passwords.  The software can be password protected, so I feel reasonably safe.  In addition to my computer, the software can be run on a flash drive without any special tricks needed.  For a password, I usually use two words with a numeral between them, and I change every password annually - as I encounter it after the new year.  I usually use a string of 7-9 characters in a password.  Sometimes, I use the &quot;=&quot; or &quot;+&quot; or another symbol as well as a numeral.  I also have a collection of logon IDs that I use, switching them around irregularly.  I keep a list of these logons in AnyPass, so that I don't repeat a logon closer than three years.  I make sure to never use a logon as a password [or vice versa].]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[stevebon]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:40:34 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Sounds like overheated paranoia to me]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[poyeezed]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:02:26 -0700</pubDate>
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