Whats that? Passwords are supposed to be hard to guess?

[laptop-mechanic.livejournal.com]

So I'm working on this Sony SZ series machine. Unit's passing hardware tests from my boot CD, so its time to go into windows and see what's what.

The owner's password?

password

Yes, that's it.

Thats like setting your luggage combination to 12345.

Comments

[mouse-from-marz.livejournal.com]

hey that's MY luggage password!

[xforge.livejournal.com]

Spaceballs ref ftw.

I'd be willing to bet "password" is about 1/3 or more of all passwords in the world. In whatever language the person whose password it is speaks mind you.

[museology.livejournal.com]

Maybe they think it's so simple that nobody would guess it...?

[fnordx.livejournal.com]

12345? That's amazing! That's the same password as on my planet's air shield!

Although, having your password be "password" isn't quite as clever as having it be "********".

[gholam.livejournal.com]

As far as your average user is concerned, passwords were invented by sysadmins to annoy the users. Maybe as payback for all the grief they cause us.

[http://users.livejournal.com/hub_/]

with TSA you can't even set a combination.

[http://users.livejournal.com/hub_/]

but that's what is displayed !!! stop showing my password!

[mouser.livejournal.com]

Lets be honest, "asterisk asterisk asterisk asterisk asterisk asterisk asterisk asterisk" is a pretty secure password...

[crywolf.livejournal.com]

Confuse them all. Make your password "pasword"

[http://users.livejournal.com/hub_/]

and you have to type E.N.T.E.R. at the end to validate it :-)

[mynameisnotreal.livejournal.com]

Ha! I fool da bitches; I sets my combo to 54321!

[mouse-from-marz.livejournal.com]

no, you can, but you have to have a special lock that they have a tool to open.

I don't know WHAT the rules are for laptops now... sheesh, what a mess.

[stimpy.livejournal.com]

I'm late to the party, but I brought my icon along.

[http://users.livejournal.com/hub_/]

for laptops? well they can seize them. it is DHS, not TSA

hint: purge it.

/me need to do that before leaving.

[notthebuddha.livejournal.com]

There's nothing wrong with that, it's the owner's option. Most of my personal, at-home PCs have blank passwords, except that XP won't allow blank passwords for certain uses, like file and printer sharing.

[http://users.livejournal.com/hub_/]

and a bottle of Peri'Air ?

[http://users.livejournal.com/hub_/]

and why do you need a password with XP anyway. it is like locking the door of a paper house.

[pikaporeon.livejournal.com]

Why don't you go hunter2 my hunter2ing hunter2

[ravenshrinkery.livejournal.com]

I don't expect my machines to be secure against anyone with local access. However, a very simple password is enough to keep my 3 year old off the machine when I don't want her on. It probably won't be long between when I need a secure password and she finds a way around it.

[pikaporeon.livejournal.com]

actually its like putting a spotlight on a paper house.

[XP is not network-accessable without a password]

[notthebuddha.livejournal.com]

A paper house would give you a better idea if someone had been inside to ransack it.

[wibbble]

One of our clients has 'Password' as our password for connecting to their VPN.

I wish I was lying.

[http://users.livejournal.com/hub_/]

prove it!

[yanni85.livejournal.com]

I asked a client once what their password was.
I kid you not, it was "12345"

I had one hell of a time not blurting out the appropriate response.

[phrogg.livejournal.com]

You can take laptops, but if you travel abroad, they are able to seize them with or without suspicion.

Also, they are approving laptop bags that the laptop can actually stay in (http://www.tsa.gov/press/happenings/simplifying_laptop_bag_procedures.shtm), as long as it meets the following criteria:
-laptop section holds ONLY the laptop
-There is nothing directly above or below the laptop
-There are no zippers, flaps, fasteners, etc above or below the laptop.