How secure is your password? If you're like some people, it's probably not secure enough. When did you last change yours?
posted by chuckdarwin on Jun 13, 2007 - 66 comments

An Analysis of 20,000 Myspace Passwords
posted by matkline on Sep 18, 2006 - 41 comments

RainbowCrack Online aims to enable anyone (who'll pay their subscription) to crack a password given the password hash, and get the clear-text password back instantly by looking it up against their 500GB Rainbow Table. Of course, you've been able to use John the Ripper or l0phtcrack to do this using your own computational power (and time) to crack a password before (or do it online) but now it's just Click and Crack... You still not using shadows?
posted by benzo8 on Nov 11, 2005 - 16 comments

Write down your password. Bruce Schneier, Author of Applied Cryptography and founder of Counterpane security is urging people to write down their passwords.
posted by delmoi on Jun 21, 2005 - 68 comments

If your web site is hosted by ADDR.com, you need to read this MSNBC report immediately. Passwords and credit card numbers appear to have been stolen.
posted by netbros on Apr 2, 2001 - 3 comments

Does it bug anyone else that if you have a MetaFilter account with cookies enabled, it automatically enters your password (which can be read in view source)???
Personally I think this is a very bad thing, as I've visited metafilter at the library a few times..
posted by Bane on Jun 28, 2000 - 15 comments