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Re:Top 250 cracked Gawker passwords by jhrobert on Thursday December 23, 2010 @06:35AM (#2034148)
Mine is not there, but how can assert that there are reasonable chances that it did not get cracked.

I don't want to get paranoïd and I see no point in changing my password to minor services unless there is a really good chance that it got compromized.

The "strong" versus "weak" message that some password checking services provide tells me nothing very usefull because what is weak when you focus a cluster of CPU for a week on may be "strong" for those who use the Gawker leak and don't have (I guess) such ressources.

Re:Top 250 cracked Gawker passwords by jgrahamc on Thursday December 23, 2010 @07:00AM (#2034177)
What was your Gawker username or email? Email me if you don't feel comfortable posting it here.
Re:Top 250 cracked Gawker passwords by chaosfox on Thursday December 23, 2010 @06:40AM (#2034154)
>, but how can assert that there are reasonable chances that it did not get cracked.

by using different passwords in each site ?

you can't be sure, it's just a matter of time and desire, I have the time and resources, for instance, but no desire.

Re:Top 250 cracked Gawker passwords by mrspeaker on Thursday December 23, 2010 @06:39AM (#2034153)
It was encryted with DES. It's been compromised.