Summary of Login Attempts

The previous questions may have missed some of the passwords you use. Now write down all of your other passwords that you can recall and answer the questions below. Please use any tools (memory, e-mail archives, pieces of paper, etc) that will help you recall your passwords.

Using your password sheet, please answer the following questions.  The following example password list will be helpful in answering the questions.

PassWord3 O,o#9Id_iA
pASs10wo_rd O,o#9Id_iA
apple pear
Ap*LE ap-78PLE

 

1. Repeating a previously used phrase (nothing changes)  "Princeton" and "Princeton"
2. Changing the capitalization of letters within a phrase "Princeton", "princeton", "prINcEtoN"
3. Adding numbers or characters to a phrase "Princeton9","A-Princetonian", "PrincetonPrinceton", "AP~rinceton3"
4. Removing numbers or characters from a phrase "Pton", "Printon", "Prince"
5. Combining some of the previous methods "pRince#ton", "pr(INce)ton3", "P*in73t0n"

In the example at the top of the page, there are four FAMILIES of passwords ("apple", "PassWord3", "O,o#9Id_iA", "pear"):

FAMILY PERMUTATIONS
"apple" "apple", "Ap*LE", and "ap-78PLE"
"PassWord3" "PassWord3" and "pASs10wo_rd"
"O,o#9Id_iA" two identical entries of "O,o#9Id_iA"
"pear" "pear"

Note that the number of families is equal to the number of unique passwords (four, in the example).

How many FAMILIES of passwords did you write down? 

FAMILY PERMUTATIONS SIZE
"apple" "apple", "Ap*LE", and "ap-78PLE" 3
"PassWord3" "PassWord3" and "pASs10wo_rd" 2
"O,o#9Id_iA" two identical entries of "O,o#9Id_iA" 2
"pear" "pear" 1

What is SIZE of the LARGEST FAMILY in your password list? 

What is the SIZE of the SMALLEST FAMILY in your password list? 

What is the maximum number of times a password in your list REPEATED?  

How many sets of passwords have RELATED MEANINGS in your list?