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Passwords Can Sit on Hard Disks for Years

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the my-password-is-31337 dept.

CygnusXII writes ""As people spend more time on the web and hackers become more sophisticated, the dangers of storing personal information on computers are growing by the day, security experts say. There are some obvious safeguards, such as never allowing your computer to store your passwords. But even that is no guarantee of security." "

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  1. Why not just wipe swap every so often? by Otto · · Score: 1, Redundant

    When you're not swapping and you've got some spare cycles that aren't being used, just pass over the empty swap pages with zeros... Clean 'em up.

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    - Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set him on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.