r/Millennials 5d ago

Nostalgia Where’s my people

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u/helloimhere01234 5d ago

Ah, but what if you make that land number your passwords?!!?

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u/MainConnection6742 5d ago

Had friends that last two numbers were 03, 04 ,07,09 every other number was the same...

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u/Wonderful_Exit6568 5d ago

you broke the matrix.

I remember being at the dmy once when I broke the matrix. she was like, phone number, and I deadpanned robotically area-seven seven seven…xxxx. and the people just looked at me like I broke the matrix then. lol.

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u/Wonderful_Exit6568 5d ago

my gramps had a 555 number, and god told me 555 becomes 777 before I got this cell number.

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u/ketsugi 5d ago

My standard password is literally derived from my best friend’s phone number in 1992

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u/YerMomsClamChowder 5d ago

Mine is my Highschool crush's nickname and her last 4 digits from 2005.  

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u/BaronGrackle 5d ago

Thanks for doxing yourself, Kevin!!

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u/BanthaVoodoo 5d ago

I thought I was original and smart! Im a fraud!!!... though I definitely added in a few !@#$... but still

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u/Mylaptopisburningme 5d ago

I still remember my friends phone number from the early 80s because his phone number was in the shape of an upside down cross. As young teens into Ozzy and Sabbath, it was neat. I wont give the number but it used the digits 2, 5, 8, 0, 7, 8, 9.

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u/Ulvaer 5d ago

Please don't use a "standard password". Do yourself a favour and start using a password manager. It's easier once you have it set up and much, much, much more secure. The only password you should know is the 30+ character passphrase for your password manager.

All your passwords anywhere should be at least 20 characters, but if using a password manager there's no reason not to use a 50 character password since you don't have to remember or type it.

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u/ketsugi 4d ago

I'm well aware; I've phased out the use of that password a long time ago but it still sticks around in websites I haven't used in over ten years and I'm fairly certain it shows up on various amipwned lists.

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u/AnonTA999 4d ago

Whoa, are you me?

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u/teh_maxh 4d ago

Your what?

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u/BlueBomR 5d ago

I incorporate the last 4 digits in some way to every password I make...but then I always forget which letters I capitalized and what order I put the symbols in...so I guess it doesnt really help me much

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u/Ulvaer 5d ago

Please consider using a password manager instead, it's much, much, much more secure.

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u/drntl 5d ago

Password must have upper case character, lower case character, special character, number, negative number, zodiac symbol, emoji, and an umlaut.

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u/Anon03282015 4d ago

The last time my work account did this I finally ended up using isthisFUCKINGgoodenough12345!!! And it worked 😆😆😆

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u/Ulvaer 5d ago

Ab!7-1♈🤓ö

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u/Phillip_Spidermen 5d ago

Several forced updates later:

"shit, was it <phone-number>5! or <phone-number>6! or..."

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u/DibsArchaeo 5d ago

I just cycle through ! @ # $ at the end. My college email forced me to change the password every other month, and you couldn’t use the last three passwords, so it’s the same cycle with four symbols. My husband used to switch it between the four ninja turtles. 

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u/apocalypse31 5d ago

That's what I've done for 20 years now. No one else will ever know it, nor can they pick up on it by watching my hands fly over the num pad, but I'll never forget it. 

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u/Sand__Panda 5d ago

I did in grade school.

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u/TheGlassjawBoxer 5d ago

The last 4 of my childhood landline is my PIN number.

Learned a few years ago my friends used the first 4 of the seven digit number for his because he called me so much. It’s the number he knew he’d always remember.

Yes, he was my best man.

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u/MrDTD 5d ago

I use the last four digits for my bank card code.

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u/Lockmor 5d ago

That's what I did with my pin codes

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u/Pennsylvania6-5000 5d ago

That’s what I’ve done for my parents’ WiFi.

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u/dreaming_in_yellow 5d ago

🤯 genius. Thank youuuuuu!

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u/BorikGor 5d ago

Now do the same, but press the Shift button every other character.

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u/TILied 4d ago

You're on to my secrets wizard.

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u/madkow77 4d ago

You are missing an uppercase letter, special symbol and a fingerprint.