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• n  a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
  he forgot the password

• As Sarah Palin can attest, our online passwords are never as foolproof as we think they are.
• Chui deleted the new names and took the extra precaution of replacing all the passwords for those authorized to change patient records.
• Gone are the days when a simple password was all that stood in the way of a best-selling artist's next hit landing in the wrong hands.

• watchword
• word
• parole
• countersign

News & Articles

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• Video: Forget your password? Best tips for staying secure on the web
  New York Times technology columnist David Pogue speaks to the "CBS This Morning" co-hosts about password best practices - from how often to change them to how to keep track of them.
  June 20, 2013 - CBS News
• Apple's iPhone Password Security Broken In 24 Seconds
  This is a bit of a faux pas for Apple's security on certain iPhone functions. It appears that they've constructed their random password generator in a non-random manner and using a terribly small database of words to non-randomly choose from. The net effect of this is that under certain conditions, for certain functions, the passwords can be cracked in only 24 seconds. This really isn't long ...
  June 19, 2013 - Forbes
• Mac Gems: OneSafe gives 1Password some password-saving competition
  There’s certainly no shortage of password managers for OS X—there’s even a basic one (Keychain Access) built into the OS, and the next versions of OS X and iOS will include a cross-device-syncing option. But rather than over-saturating the market, these apps are catering to different kinds of users—and that can only be good news if it means better security for more people. A case in point is ...
  June 19, 2013 - Macworld

Quotes

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• Betty White in Seattle Post Intelligencer
  I loved Password for not only the game, but I also kind of liked the guy in the middle,White says, referring to host Allen Ludden, whom she married in 1963.
• Robert Redford in Computerworld
  Oh, this is good,Redford says, "He's going to type in his password and we're going to get a clear shot"