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Survey Shows How Stupid People Are With Passwords

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the your-password-is-trustno1 dept.

wiredmikey writes "Another study was released to today that once again shows how careless people really are online. When it comes to safeguarding personal information online, many people don't seem to care very much, or don't think enough about it. In the survey of more than 2,500 people, some interesting and scary trends were revealed in how users handle their online passwords..."

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  1. pwdhash FTW by BlackPignouf · · Score: 5, Interesting

    One very good solution is to use pwdhash:
    https://www.pwdhash.com/

    You can install it as a local plugin for Firefox or as bash/ruby scripts on your computer.
    You only need to remember one strong master password, and forget about the rest.

    You get something like this, depending on domains (no phishing!) & the length of your master password:
    +1xhTRy7T for ebay.com
    fRrL2nI7+ for amazon.com
    TYZyfI0u+ for facebook.com
    3yL+WQBF7 for skype.com
    +KwIr4FId for delicious.com

    Enjoy!