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To: chulaivn66
What’s your mothers maiden name? %7!%@#

Hard to remember.

It's better to come up with a system that will generate replicable results, but will somewhat obscure the answers.

One method might be to run your answers through rot13.

echo Zeugma | rot13
Mrhtzn
 

Yeah rot13 isn't a secure encryption mechanism, but it obfuscates your answer enough to defeat some random joe from guessing it.

Alternately, use a hash program to generate a predictable hash.

echo Zeugma | sha1sum
4a8e7fd115c3b65b01f42fa64c58fc3e8abe960e  -

In this case, you can choose the first 8, last 8, or any combination thereof to create a pretty darn good random answer that is yet easily reproducable yet almost completely unguessable.

There are phone apps for hashing text using any of several different hash algorythms.

I'm a nerd, so stuff like this is pretty easy for you, but a little effort expended to obfuscate these kind of answers can go a long way towards ensuring your security from the casual hackers.

 

18 posted on 09/04/2014 11:24:29 AM PDT by zeugma (The act of observing disturbs the observed.)
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To: zeugma

Thank you for the tip. I’ll look into using that method coupled with my procedure. Currently I use a thumb drive with a password sheet. Copy and paste routine eliminates the problem of the eventual onset of Alzheimer’s. The thumb drive is pulled following internet uses. This is no country for old men with bad memories.


21 posted on 09/04/2014 12:06:05 PM PDT by chulaivn66 (Meine antwort ist nein. Ende der Debatte. Macht euer Spiel.)
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