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Is two-factor authentication the death of the password?

May 23, 2013
Finally, there could be an end to the agony of having to remember dozens of passwords as Twitter offers two-factor authentication.
Posted In: passwords, online security
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Hacker reveals vulnerable global Internet

Mar 25, 2013
An anonymous researcher has found that all sorts of devices connected to the Internet are protected only by the easy-to-guess default passwords that the equipment came with when new.
Posted In: hacking, Internet, computer security, passwords
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How to avoid email hackers in two easy steps

Feb 11, 2013
Marketplace Tech contributor Chester Wisniewski of the computer security firm Sophos says change your password and lie.
Posted In: Tech, cybersecurity, passwords, hacking
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How to outsmart a password hacker

Jun 8, 2012
Following the theft of 6.5 million passwords from LinkedIn along with hacks at the dating site eHarmony and the music site Last.FM, we get advice from an industry insider on how to protect yourself -- tell a lie.
Posted In: linkedin, hackers, passwords
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Candidates use YouTube to rally, not persuade

Mar 20, 2012
Forget pricey TV spots. Political campaigners turn to YouTube for free and fast distribution of their political ads.
Posted In: security, passwords, politics, YouTube
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Choose your numbers wisely

Feb 21, 2012
A lot riding on them
Posted In: passwords, security, privacy
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The death of passwords

Jan 3, 2012
Can you remember your own eyeball?
Posted In: IBM, passwords
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The worst passwords ever

Jul 19, 2011
On today's show, we talked about how Microsoft is banning certain obvious passwords from new Hotmail accounts....
Posted In: passwords, privacy, security
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Microsoft banning terrible passwords from Hotmail

Jul 15, 2011
You don't normally think of Hotmail as being the most forward looking web application. It's often accused of being clunky, spammy, just old and...
Posted In: hotmail, Microsoft, passwords

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