On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Brian St. Pierre <br...@bstpierre.org>wrote:
> On 06/07/2012 07:33 AM, Lloyd Kvam wrote: > > Today's WSJ reported in the Digits column that encrypted LinkedIN > > passwords had been leaked. Decryption efforts have been successful > > against some subset of these passwords. > > > > I was disappointed to see no acknowledgement on the LinkIn site. (I > > just found it buried in the clutter. Its a link to CBS news??) > > Bottom line: go change your LinkedIn password right now. > > This kind of thing will happen again. It's important to use different passwords for each site/account you have. I recommend using a "password safe" of some sort with long, random passwords. If you must, a card in your wallet will work unless you lose your wallet often. There are rainbow tables out there with every combination of 8 character passwords. You type in the hash & it spits back the password that generated it. I use KeypassX. It runs on Linux, Windows, Macintosh, iphone, android and there's a blackberry app that gives read only access. If you're a Google user, there's a 2 factor system called Google Authenticator. It's like the RSA SecureID with an app that runs on all of the above. It can also use SMS or even call your phone and read the number to you.
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