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Ken's company requires all users to change their password every month. A user shows Ken a trick that he uses to help him remember this month's password: he uses the password "friendly" and just adds the third letter of the month to the end of the password. So for example, in March his password is "friendlyr." What should Ken remark about this user's idea

User Theorder
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Answer:

Add a number to make the password strong and a capital letter

Step-by-step explanation:

It is a good idea that the user is trying to remember the password but using the same word every month and changing only a letter makes it a 'weak password' and it can be easily copied and guessed by someone who may have been observing him.

Such a person can log into his system after a series of trials hence in order to make password's strong it is advised that it should be alphanumeric

hence the user should try and add numbers or at least a number to the password and also a capital letter

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Answer:

the idea goes against the company policy

Step-by-step explanation:

It is usually called an unethical work practice when an employee does not follow strictly the directions of his employer or tries to employ tricks when doing so.

A suggestion could be that the employee add a number or symbol to make the password more secure.

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