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Letter: Keys, wallet, passwords...

Published 6 May 2015

From Lawrence D

It is a waste of time trying to come up with clever algorithms for generating easy-to-remember passwords (21 March, p 28). Choose hard-to-remember ones, by all means – and write them down. You know how to keep your credit cards and house keys safe. Put passwords in the same place.
Hamilton, New Zealand

'Oliveiro

Issue no. 3020 published 9 May 2015

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