Subj : Passwords and bleeding hearts.
To   : ALL
From : BOB KLAHN
Date : Sat Apr 19 2014 00:02:20


 Just thinking about passwords earlier today. Seems we get all
 these warnings to construct complicated pass words no one will
 be able to guess.

 Now, I'm wondering, who would spend a lot of time to guess my
 password? If I had a lot of money, yes, but other than that?

 Now we have the Heart bleed data problem. Before that the Target
 data theft, and other data breeches. Seems the danger is not
 password guessing, but outright theft.

 So, just what is the danger from a simpler password, versus a
 complicated password, when their not going to guess it, but to
 steal it?

 Now this is especially true on sites where all you want to do is
 read something, like a magazine website. Why have to mix your
 capital and small letters with at least one number? It's not the
 NSA you know... and they have your number anyway.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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