The Importance of Remembering Passwords
I have just spent 34 minutes (and counting) trying to log in to Second Life to complete my e-learning subject. I’m getting frustrated…
I’m taking blame for not remembering what my password actually is, but I’m attributing part of that to Second Life’s rules for passwords - rules like not being able to repeat characters in the password, or having to have both letters and numbers – which made it necessary for me to make up a completely new password … which I have now forgotten. And, like a good, security minded person, I didn’t write my password down anywher either…
So I spent some time on the Second Life login page, looking for the ‘have you forgotten your password?’ button. After an extensive search (just to make sure I wasn’t blind) I resigned myself to the fact that there is no such button here and that I’d have to create a new account (*sigh* all that paperwork all over again). And when I clicked on the ‘create new account’ button, it directed me to their homepage… where I discovered the ‘have you forgotten your password?’ button! Great!!
So, I sent myself an email and followed the email link back to SL and answered the secret question, whereupon I was told I would have the opportunity to activate a new password account. Only, when I entered my secret question answer, it sent me back to the SL homepage. I’m still in the dark about what my old password was, I haven’t been able to create a new one, and I’m not logged in anywhere!
Now I’ve spent 45 min trying to log into Second Life. I think I’ll just make a new account…
