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Password tips via the NSA

June 7, 2014 by Paul Spoerry 1 Comment

Of course.. passwords don't really matter when they have backdoors into your #software are intercepting communications, or breaking into SSL. But hey… change those default #passwords ; then at least your neighbor can't steal your internet.

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Worst Password List of 2012 – 123456, Jesus, and Ninja

October 24, 2012 by Paul Spoerry Leave a Comment

Despite many high profile breaches Internet users are still using most of the same weak password reported to be in use last year. Using files containing millions of stolen passwords that were posted online by hackers, SplashData compiled 2012’s ’25 Worst Passwords of the Year’. Most of the regular entries were represented but ‘Jesus’, ‘ninja’, and ‘welcome’ moved into the top 25.

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