The 10 Commandments of internet

[drhayden1]

1. Thou shalt not buy merchandise found in pop-up ads or spam.
2. Thou shalt not post thy email address, phone number, address or social security number to the internet, nor shalt thou post anyone else's.
3. Thou shalt not forget to update thy Windows every second Tuesday.
4. Thou shalt not connect to the internet without installing an antivirus, nor shalt thou begin a scan without checking for updates.
5. Thou shalt not connect to the internet without installing a firewall.
6. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's credit card number, nor his bank routing number, nor his social security number.
7. Thou shalt not enter thy credit card number without seeing the tiny padlock icon on thy status bar.
8. Thou shalt not reply to the email from the Nigerian banker.
9. Thou shalt not forward chain letters to thy friends and family.
10. Thou shalt not use "password" as thy password, nor thy birthday, nor thy children's names.

[MikeBCda]

10. Thou shalt not use "password" as thy password, nor thy birthday, nor thy children's names.

I acquired a lovely and funny freeware adventure game a few months back ("Out of Order", by Tim Furnish).  One of the many complex tasks you have to accomplish is to crack the password for a security system -- and when you eventually succeed, it turns out to be "default".