Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Password protected

In order for me to sign on to Blogger in the future I need to open a Google e-mail account. At one point you have to pick a password to access your e-mail account. It was here I decided to have some fun. Google analyzes your passwords and tells you (in their modest opinion) how good they think it is and how well it will protect you. I should mention that they ask for a minimum of 6 digits on your password. First, I put in the easiest password I could think of (123456). To my surprise I was told in bright red letters that password is BAD!! I put in my regular password (I'm not telling you what it is) and was told in mild green that my password was good. Not to be defeated I tried to pick a really hard password so I could get Google's approval. My last attempt (Elephant14.) went as well could be expected. A+! Beautiful, dark green letters told be I had done an excellent job selecting a password. And although it's not the password I went with I felt like Elephant14. and I had a moment. Now, don't get me wrong here. I appreciate all that Google is doing to protect me and my crappy passwords but what's with the colours? I find it a little redundant. I guess they're helping to clarify what they mean for those of us that are too dumb to understand big words like "bad" and "good".

Oh yeah, Happy Valentine's Day.

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