xylex Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I realized today that I've memorized about twice as many passwords as I know phone numbers. I'm wondering if that's just an IT thing, but with how young kids are getting cell phones and how many online services they use, I'm thinking it may be a more general population thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I know virtually no phone numbers and passwords. All phone numbers are in my phone's phonebook and all my passwords are in an encrypted password database. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mchl Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Oh passwords definitely. Wait... it's not like "I know phone numbers of x people and I know passwords of y people" comparison, is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premiso Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Why do you need to memorize phone numbers? That is what address books are for and contact lists in your cell phone I have not memorized a phone number for a long time...if my cell phone were to crash heaven forbid! (That is why you sync it to your computer as well). As for passwords, I try not to memorize anyone's password but my own and some basic default ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Passwords. For me, there is no reason to memorize phone numbers (except Dominos of course). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikesta707 Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 definitely passwords, but thats because I have a cell phone to store my numbers and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zq29 Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 The only phone numbers I know are my own and my business partners. Compared to passwords, I can remember passwords for things that I haven't touched for 10 years, for example my ICQ account - Is that even around any more?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I know about the same as both, if anything more phone numbers because you never know when your cell phone decides to give out and you don't have internet access Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I know about the same as both, if anything more phone numbers because you never know when your cell phone decides to give out and you don't have internet access For me, and I think I can speak for most of us, that's about a .01% chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I definitely have remembered more phone numbers in my life than passwords. My friends even consider me a human phonebook. Well they used to, back when hanging out with friends was cool. A friend would simply tell me "Zane, remember this phone number" and proceed to blurt it out. Maybe 3 days later I would vomit that number right back out to them. Ever since I can remember I've had this uncanny ability to hear or see a sequence of numbers and memorize them...without writing anything down. social security numbers, phone numbers, keycodes, credit card numbers, etc.. ICQ too. Although I'm not like rain man where I memorize EVERYTHING I see. Only what I subconsciously want to. I can still remember my home phone number from when I was 4 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garethp Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I know my mothers number, my home phone number, my password, my banking password, my ebay password, my sisters computer password and my sisters password for the DET (Department of Education and Training, it's the password we use to get onto the net at school) Portal. Those two I'm allowed to know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 it's the password we use to get onto the net at school Sounds like a poorly designed system if everybody uses the same password. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garethp Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 it's the password we use to get onto the net at school Sounds like a poorly designed system if everybody uses the same password. No! Ofcourse not! Each student/teacher gets their own username and password. You can't use the DET internet without it. I know mine and my sisters... actually, I'm not so sure I know my own... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosizzle Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 abc123 is a lot easier to memorize in my opinion.... and whats all this talk about passwords? people use more than one?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 It's not a good idea to use the same password for everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 abc123 is a lot easier to memorize in my opinion.... and whats all this talk about passwords? people use more than one?! I assume you're being sarcastic. Personally, I have different levels of passwords depending on the importance of the account, but I definitely don't create a new password for everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayla Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I don't even know my own mobile number which I've had for at least 5 years o_O I do know all my passwords though. I have a set few and use them depending how important the thing that being accessed is. I tend to keep forgetting my pin number for my bank though, which isn't very helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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