"Please enter your password".
I have seen that directive several times recently. It began Friday when I made several unsuccessful attempts to connect with a colleague via his platform. I worked on that challenge much of the night while sleeping. Seems that updating one browser and installing another solved the situation. Was feeling rather pleased with my tekkie skills until . . .
And, even now I do not know how it happened, but my various electronic devices became 'unsynched', A password that allowed access on one was met with refusal from another instrument. Finally, after many hours of experimenting, they again 'talked' to each other. How did I accomplish that miracle ? I do not know and am doubtful that I could replicate the process from memory.
Security of personal information appears in lots of ways. Not that long ago, I still remembered the combination for my parents' post office box from my high school years. I did Army Basic Training in 1962 and have had no active service since then, but I still remember my serial number. Still, 'Breaches' of data occur often . . . personal, governmental, institutional.
A county in our state recently experienced such an incursion by hackers who then demanded a ransom against disclosure. When government officials refused to pay, the hackers began to publish sensitive personal and official information on-line.
So, the necessity for 'passwords' persists. There are lots of them and since we are instructed to make them complicated and not easily intuited, my creativity becomes challenged as does keeping a written record of these encryptions. Yesterday, I even attempted '1, 2, 3, 4, a, b, C' . You can readily guess the computer's response !! (and, without my knowing 'why?', the computer decided to change the font size!)
Maybe respite will come in the next world. Unless Saint Peter asks "Please enter your password !"
Satchel
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