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[Sacred Jellybean]

Alright, so I downloaded Google Chrome on Friday on the advice of the bumster dumpster, and fucking love it. Only problem is, I now have to re-log in through the new browser, and I can't remember my TC password.

The only reason I'm logged in now is because I just opened Opera to be able to post. The system is being stubborn about sending it automatically (I tried twice already). Can someone manually reset my password, or e-mail me (illbeunderyourstars@yahoo.com) my old password?

tee eye aye

[etoven]

Alright, so I downloaded Google Chrome on Friday on the advice of the bumster dumpster, and fucking love it. Only problem is, I now have to re-log in through the new browser, and I can't remember my TC password.

The only reason I'm logged in now is because I just opened Opera to be able to post. The system is being stubborn about sending it automatically (I tried twice already). Can someone manually reset my password, or e-mail me (illbeunderyourstars@yahoo.com) my old password?

tee eye aye

I emailed you your new password.

You can login and reset it now..

[A Black Falcon]

... Wait, so in Opera you can't view stored passwords? Really? You can do that in Mozilla (Firefox or Seamonkey)...

[Sacred Jellybean]

Thanks toven!

Falcon: I didn't have it stored, I was just still logged into TC through cookies.

[Dark Jaguar]

Protip: Use the "same" password for every site, just break it up so that you insert the name of the site in the middle of the password. You win at both password diversity and memorability. If the site has some really small limit for password size, like 8 characters or something that won't let you do that, they're not very secure.

So, PassTCWord (don't use that one). Add some numbers by converting the first letter of each "part" to a number. Extra secure, and you know how to figure out what the number is if you forget.

That leaves you with Pass16TC10Word23. Now that's Tonka Tough, and still easy to remember. (Don't use that one.)

The first rule is probably enough though, the second is only if you really want to make it extra tough, or if the site specifically requires you use a number in your password.

You can check a password's strength on this site: http://www.passwordmeter.com/ If you don't trust it, don't use any password you intend on using, just use it to test your "system". Even the cheap password I tossed out as an example with this system is rated %100 on it. http://howsecureismypassword.net/ This is another one, and it's basically telling you how long a typical PC "password guesser" will take to guess a password. The throwaway password will survive longer than it'll take the last proton to decay according to that site.

[Sacred Jellybean]

I actually do that already, minus using numbers and symbols. I'll only put them in if the site requires it, and only use numbers that I'm personally partial to (I know, I'm a nerd) that no one else would know about.

Originally, my password followed the same schema, but toven asked us to change our passwords after our site was hacked at one point. I changed mine, but stupidly didn't write it down.

[Dark Jaguar]

If you need to change it, I'd recommend switching the cut-up password parts around. So, PassTCWord becomes WordTCPass.