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Subject to technical changes
Basic rules for secure codes
What you should avoid:
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Don't use commonplace sequences such as 00000000 or 12345678.
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Do not use your own birthday or any car registration numbers, phone numbers or
names (your own name or those of your spouse, children, pets, company, place where
you live, etc.).
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Do not use any standard passwords such as "password" or "safe".
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Writing backwards is also too simple.
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Don't use a password that you already use elsewhere.
How should a password be structured?
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The password should not have a logical structure.
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Use all the keys, as far as possible (the keypad shows signs of wear over time,
revealing the individual numbers used in the code).
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Example of a good password:
Memorable sentence:
First letters of each
word:
First letters in
numbers:
I must eat noodles in
Switzerland
ImEniS
463647
to be or not to be
tbontb
820682
My mum is 42J
MMi42J
664425
Keeping a password secure:
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A password is only secure if it stays secret!
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You should memorise passwords
–
don't write them down.
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Think how the password would still be kept available in case the person who has it is no
longer able to disclose it (e.g. if they die). Deposit a sealed envelope with your notary.
NOTE:
If the password/code has been forgotten or can no longer be
reconstructed, the safe must be drilled open and repaired or replaced at the
owner's expense!
