If you're going to write them down you should, as some computer users find
convenient, write them on a sticker and place it on the underside of your
keyboard. If you have a particularly bad memory, a special piece of bright
neon yellow card stuck in the top corner of the computer monitor serves as
an ideal place to store your passwords.
Tim Turner
Data Protection Officer
Wigan Council
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> From: Simon Howarth (WSL)[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To: Simon Howarth (WSL)
> Sent: 21 May 2004 09:02
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [data-protection] Mother's Maiden Name
>
> For what it is worth, I never give my mother's maiden name as a "security"
> measure, simply because it is probably less secure than using your first
> pet's name or some such. I use a name or word that is not connected with
> work or family, essentially a "password"!
>
> I find it incredible that mother's maiden name is used in any form of
> security measure. One downside to having lots of different passwords
> though,
> as I am sure many of you are aware, is that you have to remember which one
> goes with which. Maybe I should write them down?
>
> Simon Howarth.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: This list is for those interested in Data Protection issues
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of GM Polato
> Sent: 21 May 2004 08:20
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [data-protection] Mother's Maiden Name
>
>
> And as an italian, where women have kept their birth
> name since the seventies following a change in the law
> (mostly triggered by tax/ID regulation changes), and
> married women have had to revert to using their birth
> name in official documents, the whole thing ties me
> into discussions whenever asked for. I would also
> imagine it'd be hardly useful in smaller communities
> where people may know three generations of a family. I
> sometime get approached by some old soul saying: "you
> belong to so-and-so" mentioning some long-dead
> relative I've never met...
> Is the UK the only country thinking that your mum's
> name is a security feature?
>
> Giovanna Maria Polato
>
> --- "Carter, Antoinette (CCM)"
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >
> Following on from Kirsty's recent comments about
> > giving her mother's
> > maiden name, it occurred to me that in this day and
> > age, when unmarried
> > mothers are far from rare, this isn't much of a
> > security measure in any
> > case.
> >
> > Antoinette Carter
> > Data Protection Officer
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