I should actually read htis thread because I've been meaning to have a rant on JetBlast for a while now about this.
It really p1sses me off
I would like to have two, maybe three "levels" of password: an easy one for email, a middle one and a strong one for on line banking. The trouble it that I can't do this because each site seems to have its own rules. Must have eight character, must have specials, must have letters and numbers.
It's the same for IDs too. I want just a couple. Some places have an underlying "account number" and you can give yourself a nickname, but a lot of places are not that flexible. I have this one banking site and they gave me a random ten digit number that I couldn't change (because of security they said) . This has one of two outcomes: either (1) I have to write it down to remember it, which is of course less secure than me choosing my own or (2) I just don't use their stupid site.
It's the same at work, I have four different Id with different password rules, and different expiration frequencies. So what do I do? You got it, it's all written on a post it note stuck to my monitor
