How Often You Change your Passwords?

Password - How often you change your password
India
June 11, 2007 3:20am CST
I change my bank and email passwords every 15 days. Do you too change your passwords frequently?
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34 responses
@vonne28th (1494)
• Philippines
11 Jun 07
Well i never change my passwords too often,maybe once a year or so,and i use the same password for every site and logins so that i do not have trouble remembering each one of them.
• Philippines
11 Jun 07
it is good if we can observe this thing to be going always. it is never that easy to be changing passwords if we are maintaining lots of accounts.
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@vonne28th (1494)
• Philippines
11 Jun 07
Yeah,this is also true.
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@obukohwo (301)
• Nigeria
11 Jun 07
I don't do that. but why do you do it? Dont you think you may mistakenly mistype your password and then have a problem of logging into your account.
• India
11 Jun 07
actually i have the year, the month and my name in the password so that i know that at the particular time of the year/month what my password would be. i do it to make my passwords more secure as i got my mail account hacked once.
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@Sir_bobby88 (8231)
• Singapore
14 Jun 07
well i don't change my password unnecessary yea .... anyway i think if you change your password reguarly , your password might had chances of being hacked yea
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@magica (3707)
• Bulgaria
14 Jun 07
Almost never. No need to be paranoic.
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@Bbilal (1998)
15 Jun 07
I very rarely change my passwords. If someone let to know about my passwords I only change then. Changing the passwords frequently is not good at all. You will definetly going to forgot your password very soon if you continue changing your passwords frequently! I recommend to every one not to change your password frequently but change it occassionly if someone comes to know about your password only then .. I recently changed my password I guess six months or more than it back. Have a very nice day! Happy earnings :)
@mari_skye (1637)
• Philippines
14 Jun 07
For ATM, no I don't change my password. As for my online accounts, the system gives this expiration date for password change so I have no choice but to change it, but what I do is that I interchange two passwords. That is, if the current password is about to expire, I will use the password that I have supplied prior to the current one. I get confused with too many passwords so I maintain just a few for each confidential informations that I have and never really divulge it to anyone. Not even my closest friend.
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@amaine (2027)
• Philippines
11 Jun 07
Well, I do not change my password ever. :) Maybe you have some confidential stuff there and pretty large amount of money in the bank. LOL just kidding. (--,)
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@aprilgrl (4460)
• United States
11 Jun 07
I try to change it every three to six months.
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@charms88 (7538)
• Philippines
11 Jun 07
Hello ranjeet. I don't change my passwords like what you're doing. I used different passwords for each account and stick with it. If I sensed the need to change password immediately, then I will. I don't placed too much info on all my online accounts anyway.
@lani0529 (1722)
• Philippines
11 Jun 07
Hello ranjeet!(",) Why do you keep on changing your password? You might forget it. Anyway, I haven't change my password from the start. I have only 1 password for my friendster and mylot account. I have another password for my email account. I am only maintaining 2 passwords so that I won't forget it. Have a great day!(",)
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• United States
11 Jun 07
I think that you may either be the smartest person alive, or the weirdest. I think that its good to change your password every year or two, but every 15 days would be kinda hard for me. I'd most likely forget them easier, especially changing them so often. I actually thought about it, and I haven't change my passwords on something for my entire life. Its just not a big concern of mine, lol I don't have anything people want anyway.
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• China
11 Jun 07
i do change my passwords frequently.but i find it a bad habit.because sometimes i forget the password myself.
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@rangics (1334)
• Philippines
11 Jun 07
I actually do not change passwords. There's always a tendency for me to easily forget such number combinations or words so I do not change passwords that often. ;(
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@bluishrose (2289)
• Philippines
13 Jun 07
Every 15 days? don't you get confused on it? Well i rarely change my password. I just change it if i notice someone is snooping around my accounts.
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@asimo603 (1366)
• Malaysia
12 Jun 07
I have different passwords for my few email accounts which I dont change at all till todate. But, I do change my password quite often for all my online banking account.
@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
17 Jun 07
Yeah, I think it would be nice if I can have the time and the motivation to change my passwords as often as I should, but I don't at all.
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@mummymo (23706)
11 Jun 07
That is probably a very good idea ranjeet and makes good security sense! I however must admit that I don't tend to do this, I would probably end up forgetting what I had changed them too. xxxx
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@Coolgeth (1215)
• India
12 Jun 07
hi ranjeetkolarkar!! Yes i do change my bank passwords and not email passwords..that too not frequently may be some arround two to three months once..
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@mausyo (59)
• Romania
18 Jun 07
Amazingly i don't change my password. I remember that i did't changed my password on my email from when i created it .. In my opinion i think that this thing is useless . If you had a very good pasword(with lots and numbers and leters) nobody will discover it
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@semodders (456)
12 Jun 07
no i dont change my password unless someone els has stolen my password then i change it.
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