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YOU'RE WATCHING THE RHODE
SHOW ON WPRI 12.
WELCOME BACK TO THE RHODE
SHOW.
THIS MORNING IN THE BUZZ, IF
YOU'RE LIKE US YOU PROBABLY HAVE
MULTIPLE PASSWORDS FOR MULTIPLE
WEBSITES.
AND IT CAN GET CONFUSING.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, "PASSWORD" IS
STILL THE MOST POPULAR PASSWORD.
SECURITY SOFTWARE DEVELOPING
RELEASED ITS LIST OF THE MOST
POPULAR PASSWORDS, WITH
PASSWORD, FOLLOWED BY 123456,
AND WE DECIDED TO MIX IT UP AND
WENT WITH 12345678.
WHOO!
IN ADDITION TO THE USUAL
SUSPECTS THERE ARE OTHER MORE
ODD-BALL ENTRIES GAINING
POPULARITY, LIKE JESUS.
ANYONE GEORGIA.
AND MUSTANG.
ALL OF WHICH MADE THE TOP 25
LIST THIS YEAR.
THIS IS SO FUNNY, IT'S NOT
LIKE A LIST FROM 2000 OR 1997
WHEN YOU REALLY HAD TO HAVE THE
ONE PASSWORD TO GET IN YOUR
COMPUTER.
THIS IS THE CURRENT LIST.
PEOPLE DO HAVE MULTIPLE
PASSWORDS, YOU'RE TOLD ALL THE
TIME YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL
BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL HACK INTO
YOUR ACCOUNT.
STILL, PASSWORD, NUMBER ONE.
MY ACCOUNT WAS HACKED INTO
YESTERDAY, MY FACEBOOK ACCOUNT.
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT.
APPARENTLY I WAS EXCEPTING
OUT MESSAGES TELLING THEARVE I
LOST 7 POUNDS AND YOU CAN TOO.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE I LOST 7
POUNDS.
EVERYBODY WAS SENDING ME
MESSAGES, YOU MAY WANT TO CHANGE
YOUR PASSWORD, SOMEBODY HACKED
INTO IT.
THAT'S THE WORLD WE LIVE IN,
YOU'RE INVOLVED IN SO MANY
THINGS.
IT'S ONLINE BANKING, ONLINE
SOCIAL MEDIA SITES.
IT'S JUST YOUR E-MAIL, FOR THAT
MATTER TOO.
AND SO MUCH OF YOUR LIFE IS PUT
ONLINE, SO SO MANY PEOPLE ARE
OUT THERE TRYING TO HACK INTO
IT.
SO NOW YOU NEED A DIFFERENT
PASSWORD FOR EVERYTHING, BUT
THEN YOUR PASSWORD EXPIRES.
EVERY THREE MONTHS YOU'RE
CHANGING ALL YOUR PASSWORDS
AGAIN.
I HAVE TO WRITE THEM DOWN.
I DO TOO.
I LITERALLY WRITE THEM DOWN
BECAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER THE
UPPER CASE FROM THE LOWER CASE
FROM THE LITTLE ASTERISKS THAT
YOU NEED TO USE ON THE SIDE AND
PUNCTUATION AND NUMBERS, AND
THAT'S ANOTHER THING TOO.
YOUR PASSWORD IS, IT SHOWS YOU
HOW COMPLICATED YOUR PASSWORD
IS.
DID YOU EVER GET THAT ONE, YOU
TRY AND MAKE UP A NEW ONE?
HMM, MEDIUM STRENGTH.
EXACTLY.
SO NOW I'M TRYING TO THINK OF
SOME COMBINATION, CAPITAL J,
OTHER CASE Q, A SMILEY FACE AND
A QUESTION MARK.
BY THE WAY, THAT'S NOT HER
PASSWORD.
NO, GO AHEAD AND TRY IT.
BUT IT BECOMES SO
DIFFERENTIATION AND YOU HAVE
ABOUT EIGHT OF THEM.
SO I WRITE THEM DOWN.
OR YOU COULD DOWNLOAD THE
APPS, THEY HAVE APPS WHERE YOU
CAN STORE YOUR PASSWORDS.
HOWEVER, YOU NEED A PASSWORD TO
GET INTO IT.
YEAH.
AND IT'S ON YOUR PHONE.
THAT'S MY THING I'M WORRIED
ABOUT, WRITING IT DOWN.
SOME PEOPLE SAY THEY CREATE A
WORD DOCUMENT IN YOUR COMPUTER.
WELL, IF SOMEONE CAN HACK INTO
IT --
THEY GET ALL AWL YOUR
PASSWORDS.
YEAH, THAT'S MY FEAR.
THIS WEBSITE LISTED THE TOP 25
AND SAID YOU CAN'T REALLY -- GET
CREATIVE, TAKE YOUR FAVORITE
SONG AND TAKE THE FIRST LETTER
OF EACH WORD IN THE CHORUS.
WHO'S GONNA DO THAT?
THAT'S CRAZY.
OR TAKE TWO WORDS AND ADD A
NUMBER IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
YOU WOULD, YOU JUST FORGET.
YOU WOULD SIT THERE PULLING YOUR
HAIR OUT, SCREAMING BECAUSE YOU
CAN'T GET INTO ANYTHING.
IOWA HAVE TO SING THE SONG
ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND GO --
♪ CALL ME BABY ♪
[ LAUGHTER ]
THERE YOU GO.
IT WOULD TAKE ME A WHILE TO
ACTUALLY PUNCH MY PASSWORD IN.
IT WOULD BE SO LONG.
THE WAY I GET THROUGH,IT,
BECAUSE A LOT OF PROGRAMS,
ESPECIALLY HERE, CHANGE EVERY
MONTH, EVERY THREE MONTHS IS I
TAKE THE PASSWORD THAT I USUALLY
USE AND I'LL WRITE THE NAME OF
THE PROGRAM, SO THAT'S HOW I
DIFFERENTIATE.
IF MY PASSWORD WAS PASSWORD, I
WRITE PASSWORD FACEBOOK.
THEN I HAVE PASSWORD TWITTER.
BUT LUCKILY PASSWORD IS NOT MY
PASSWORD, SO YOU CAN'T HACK IN.
THAT'S A SMART WAY TO DO IT
TOO.
YOU TRY AND THINK OF THESE CRAZY
COMBINATIONS AND THEN HALF THE
TIME YOU DON'T EVEN WANT TO DEAL
WITH IT.
SO I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE JUST
RESORT TO PASSWORD.
THAT'S IT FOR EVERYTHING, OFFER
JESUS, NINJA, WHATEVER YOU USE,
USE IT FOR ALL YOUR SITES AND
YOU WON'T GET CONFUSED.
AND YOU ALSO HAVE TO DEAL
WITH THAT BOX UNDERNEATH THAT
THEY PUT THOSE WEIRD LETTERS AND
YOU HAVE TO DECIPHER, I CAN
NEVER FIGURE OUT WHAT THOSE R.
I'M HITTING, NEXT, NEXT, NEXT.
I CAN READ, LET'S PUT IT THAT
WAY.
BUT I'M LIKE, UH IS THAT A C?
AND THEN A LOWER-CASE B OR A
LOWER-CASE D, AND THEN AN O?
IT'S LIKE SCRABBLE, WHEN
PEOPLE MAKE UP WORDS AND CHEAT
IN SCRABBLE.
YOU'RE LIKE, THAT IS NOT A REAL
WORD, EXIEWRKTS I'M NOT TRYING
TO SPELL THAT.
I'M NOT HOLDING ANY TOP
MILITARY SECRETS, IT'S PICTURES
OF MY DOG, THAT'S BIT.
I DON'T NEED IT.
IF YOU WANT IT, TAKE IT.
PLEASE.
PLEASE.
WELL, LUCKILY, YOUR FACEBOOK
ACCOUNT IS ALL SET.
I FEEL BETTER NOW.
YES, MORE SECURE.
TBREFNEDZ ON FACEBOOK WHO
HOPEFULLY DON'T HAVE PASSWORD AS
THEIR PASSWORD.
UH-OH, BE CAREFUL!
AND EILEEN, SAID EVERY TIME THEY
PROGRAM REPROGRAMS ITSELF I HAVE
TO OPEN A NEW ACCOUNT BECAUSE I
CAN NEVER REMEMBER THE PASSWORD.
I HAVE TO RESET EVERYTHING.
GIRL, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
DONNA MITCHELL HAS A BOOK FOR
ALL HER PASSWORDS AND HAS TO
CHANGE THEM FREQUENTLY, WHICH IS
A PAIN.
GOTTA GHEAT WHITE-OUT OUT.
JERRY SAYS MY PASSWORDS ARE
UNIQUE BECAUSE HERE NOT AMERICAN
NAMES.