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Wikipedia Leaks Some Users' Passwords
JJ Budion writes "If you've signed up for an account on Wikipedia.org, you may want to check this page to make sure you're not on there. It seems certain users with identical password hashes can find other user names with the same password, and Wikipedia (despite being alerted) has done nothing about the problem for the last year. A good (although slightly inflammatory) description of the problem can be found here. This is probably a good occasion to remember to use strong passwords (apparently only users with common passwords, like dictionary words, are affected)."
I guess it is a good thing that I use "TheCowJumpedOverMyMotherInLaw" as my password... no one will ever figure that one out
"When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!" -- Cave Johnson
Bah...you mean that I can't edit other people's passwords too?
and I'll say hit again, hotgrits is not a safe password
the two guys with "Ilovetehfatchicks" as their password who showed up on each others list are just looking at each other right now. They know the other guy knows, but nobody else does, so the uncomfortable, pregnant, silence continues.
Cue the spaceballs references ...
if you think this is bad, you should have seen my last sig
Perhaps they should try this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_policy
to try to avoid this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_cracking
Not me! You couldn't hack into my account that way! No siree! I always use different passwords for each site that I'm on. That way, even if the site is unscrupulous I have nothing to worry about on the other 500 sites I have accounts on.
Unfortunately, to remember them all I just use the name of the site as the password for my account.
Good thing my password is *********.
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That looked like a vi command for a second.
I'm still waiting on who actually uses Wikipedia as their primary source of information. :rollseyes:
Avarus animus nullo satiatur lucro.
I use my dog's name as my password.
My dog's name is currently "rV4q-p2", but I change it every 90 days.
You did your post wrong, and are just asking to have other editors come along and fix it for you. To save this from a hundred edits, I'll go ahead and try to get them all at once:
If they're going to succeed in portraying Wikipedia as a mature, reliable alternative to traditional encyclopedias, they ought to make damned sure that their ducks are in a row. Their disregard for customer concerns is shameful.
If, in the long-term, Wikipedia's image is tarnished by this, it is well-deserved.
See also:
* Wikipedia (external link)
Aeris Died For Your Sins.
Cthon98> hey, if you type in your pw, it will show as stars
Cthon98> ********* see!
AzureDiamond> hunter2
AzureDiamond> doesnt look like stars to me
Cthon98> *******
Cthon98> thats what I see
AzureDiamond> oh, really?
Cthon98> Absolutely
AzureDiamond> you can go hunter2 my hunter2-ing hunter2
AzureDiamond> haha, does that look funny to you?
Cthon98> lol, yes. See, when YOU type hunter2, it shows to us as *******
AzureDiamond> thats neat, I didnt know IRC did that
Cthon98> yep, no matter how many times you type hunter2, it will show to us as *******
AzureDiamond> awesome!
AzureDiamond> wait, how do you know my pw?
Cthon98> er, I just copy pasted YOUR ******'s and it appears to YOU as hunter2 cause its your pw
AzureDiamond> oh, ok.
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