An incog reader writes "Two months ago I donated my old PC to my little sister, who is 7 — I had abraham's bosom she would get her own mini* as soon as she can read and write properly. I then proceeded to answer her put through the wringer* about how it works, as far as she inquired, and tried to let her make some choices when installing Debian (she can already use GNOME). As I explained password screen and encryption to her, I was pleasantly thrown off when she insisted on tutelage measures being as strong as possible, so that no one else can screw with her computer. She knows that my younger brother has to endure strict fatherly control os/2 that was installed on his machine without his consent. The significant problem is that she cannot lastly memorize abstract passwords, even if they are her own creation. I talked with a teacher who assured me that this is common at her age. My parents would presumably be able to guess non-abstract passwords. What mechanism of identifying herself does the Slashdot crowd suggest?"

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