The electric company said my password is weak. What do they think is gonna happen? Someone gonna hack my account and pay my past due bill?
@michellepostoncombs Lol good point. Although, in their defense, if your account saves your credit card or bank account information for auto payment then that could be stolen. Although these numbers should be masked. Some utility Companies also require SSN or othe PII which could be attractive to hackers. Bottom line- it all depends on the type of information they have about you. On the other hand, some website has standard algorithm running in the background to check the password strength - regardless what info the account has. Hope this helps!!
@iSandipD Thank you so much for this information! That was very kind of you to send this along. I am in IT and I understand the importance of security. I was really just making a joke. It's kind of hard to tell sometimes on social media....OR I am just not as funny as I think I am. Haha
@michellepostoncombs oh sorry about that. Maybe I am taking security too seriously!! I need to laugh a bit… again sorry for overdoing it! Hope you have a happy Thanksgiving!!
@iSandipD Haha..it's hard to tell! Happy Thanksgiving to you!!