http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57446081-71/surprising-study-says-over-55-germans-pick-safest-passwords/ By Chris Matyszczyk Technically Incorrect CNET News June 2, 2012 This might make those of advanced years feel a little smug. Which, those in their 20s who are desperate to find a job and pay off student loans might say, the over-55s have been for at least 20 years. This new source of smugness, however, comes from research at the University of Cambridge. For it showed that the password strength of Yahoo accounts belonging to the over-55s was twice that of, say, teens. The New Scientist passes this information along and offers that the researchers concluded that most people have weak passwords. The computer scientist who led the research, Joseph Bonneau, was given access to 70 million Yahoo passwords. Yes, he may have had yours, but the data was subjected to a security technique called hashing, which meant he couldn't get into your account and e-mail your ex with some choice epithets. [...] -- We're in a bit of a budget crunch, Help InfoSec News with a Donation http://www.infosecnews.org/donate.htmlReceived on Mon Jun 04 2012 - 01:56:07 PDT
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