Tuesday, May 26, 2009

News Link: Some people never learn

Apparently, a niche programming-oriented website called phpbb.com had thousands of user passwords stolen because people were using all the kinds of passwords they weren't supposed to use, like '123456' or 'abc123,' etc. I find it hilarious, that even for websites that're hobbies, people don't put slightly more sophisticated passwords.

I mean, really, how difficult is it to write '654321'?

1 comment:

dragoshenron said...

... and so Brennan, stop to use "Brennan" as password :DDD

Indeed, the feeling of the users about passwords is very VERY low. Too much low....

Some good advice are here: http://www.econsultant.com/articles/how-to-create-a-strong-password.html

Also the project of OpenID is very interesting, but seems hard to spread :(