[My thanks to John T for the following]
The London branch of Bank Leumi decides to carry out an audit of passwords used by their customers. To their surprise, they find that Harry Levy, one of their elderly customers, has regularly been using a very lengthy password. The password being used was: –
AdamEveNoahMosesAbrahamIsaacJacobJosephJerusalem
So the office manager phones Harry. “Mr Levy,” says the manager, “we’ve just discovered that you’re using an unnecessarily long password to get into your online account with us. Why did you choose such a long password?”
“I only did what I was instructed to do by your office,” replies Harry.
“So what did they tell you to do?” asks the manager.
Harry replies, “They told me that the password had to be 8 characters long and had to include at least one capital.”
Credit: David Minkoff, A Word In Your Eye