Re:Passwords For Your Facebook Account
by heroic on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @04:49PM
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You are right, but given the fact that most people still use very common words for their passwords, a 3 times increase is a very huge number. A recent story on HN stated the fact that passwords from sites that had their databases leaked, mostly consisted of dictionary based passwords.
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Re:Passwords For Your Facebook Account
by FuzzyDunlop on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @08:09PM
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One could posit that the negative security impact on such a password is negligible, since the password is already weak.
I think it would be worrisome if there weren't protective measures already in place, such as limited login attempts, two-factor auth, and so on.
The other weakness would be the repetition of that password on sites that place a low priority on, or are ignorant about, security. At which point, it doesn't even matter.