CNBC Just Collected Your Password and Shared It With Marketers (pcworld.com)

SpacemanukBEJY.53u writes: An article published by CNBC on Tuesday offered tips on how to create a secure password, complete with a form that tested submitted passwords. While well-intended, security experts said it exposed passwords to third-party advertisers. Also, the form created to test a password didn't use SSL/TLS, which meant someone on the same network could have sniffed it. Even worse, the tool claimed to not store the passwords, but an acute observer found they were actually being inputted into a Google Docs spreadsheet. CNBC quickly withdrew the article.

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MSFT is Evil, but not for the reason you think.

[Nutria]

Without their "a PC on every desk" mantra, idiots would't have PCs on their desks, the PC revolution wouldn't have happened neither would there be smartphones, and people at work would be using mainframe or minicomputer terminals.

Sure, security wouldn't be perfect (remember the Morris Worm?), but it would be a hell of a lot better than it is now, because sysadmins wouldn't be the clueless drones they are now.