Articles tagged "passwords"

Secrets We Share With Distant Servers

Today the Internet is just another place to be yourself. It’s about micro-confessions per second, the tang of authenticity, an ever-widening scope for self-promotion -- just like in the meatspace. Once upon a time, you could be anyone online -- this…

People Actually Used These Passwords on LinkedIn

Apparently LinkedIn was hacked, with current estimates pegging the number of stolen passwords at around 6.5 million. That’s a whole lot of passwords! I wonder if they’re sitting in a spreadsheet somewhere. Why? Well, it’s LinkedIn, the supposed so…