"The whole notion of passwords is based on an oxymoron. The idea is to have a random string that is easy to remember. Unfortunately, if it's easy to remember, it's something nonrandom like 'Susan.' And if it's random, like 'r7U2*Qnp,' then it's not easy to remember."

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Source : Bruce Schneier (2011). “Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World”, p.131, John Wiley & Sons

Bruce Schneier

#Ideas Quotes #Remember Quotes #Easy Quotes

“Happiness is only real if shared.”
“You can't just place your faith and your hope in one system, because when that system fails you, what do you do?”
“When I was going blind, I didn't turn to God. It didn't seem to me then - and it doesn't seem to me now - that those items were His concern. Early on, I figured I better begin to learn how to count on myself, instead of counting on supernatural forces.”
“Long ago I had a professor who told me, 'Embrace the contradictions.' I think that is what is most interesting about people like Jobs.”
“Life can be considered as a huge wardrobe, with so many dominos hung in its cupboards, one domino per year. Now I don't see why I couldn't change my mask in this wardrobe even twice a day.”

Source : Source: observer.com
“Early to bed and early to rise makes a person dull, boring, and despised.”
“Don't gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.”
“Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised.”

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