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September 5th, 2008 20:00

Forgot your password flaws

"Never mind creating a password with at least eight characters, two of which are numbers, one of which is a capital letter, and one of which is a symbol like (*&^%$). The easiest way for a hacker to weasel into your account is likely the "Forgot your password?" link."                Quoted from the Yahoo article.

 

 

 

I ran across the first article on the Yahoo homepage and the second is linked in the Yahoo article. I found this very interesting as I had to use the reset password link for a fantasy football website, and of course used a simple question. I can assure you my mothers maiden name is now changed. :smileyhappy:

 

 

 

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/104079

 

http://redtape.msnbc.com/2008/08/almost-everyone.html

 

 

Message Edited by beversoll on 09-05-2008 04:42 PM
  • Annie70

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    Posted September 6th, 2008 22:00

    This is really scary.  Life was so much easier when you just kept your money in a cookie jar.