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08-22-2012, 02:15 PM #1
Why passwords have never been weaker
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[B]Why passwords have never been weaker
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08-22-2012 02:15 PM # ADS
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08-22-2012, 02:20 PM #2
Re: Why passwords have never been weaker
good to see another ars technica fan! Yeah, this article is spot on. I work for a Fortune 500 company here in SLC in IT with over 4000 employees, and we get to see a lot of the employee's passwords, which are pretty pathetic!! No wonder they are able to crack em easily these days. You'd be amazed at how many people still right their passwords on sticky notes, and leave them on their monitors, keyboards, etc. Just to mention a FEW of MANY no-nos.
A side-note the funniest and most disgusting password I've come across at the company was "seatsniffer!02".●Canyoneering 'Canyon Conditions' @ www.candition.com
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08-22-2012, 02:46 PM #3
Re: Why passwords have never been weaker
This is a frightening idea:
A PC running a singleAMD Radeon HD7970GPU, for instance, can try on average an astounding 8.2 billion password combinations each second, depending on the algorithm used to scramble them.
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08-22-2012, 02:52 PM #4
Re: Why passwords have never been weaker
Have you guys tried any of the password generators and vaults they mentioned at the end of the article? I am slowly increasing my digital security as I a acquire more resources and devices (still way behind the curve).
Any feedback about options?
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08-23-2012, 09:12 AM #5
Re: Why passwords have never been weaker
As always, XKCD has covered this brilliantly:
http://security.stackexchange.com/qu...ary-passphrase
"My heart shall cry out for Moab..." Isaiah 15:5
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08-23-2012, 01:02 PM #6
Re: Why passwords have never been weaker
Yep, I believe a few Bogley users may or may not of had this problem in the past...
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