Punishing poor security by copyrighting common unsalted SHA-3 passwords
Punishing poor security by copyrighting common unsalted SHA-3 passwordsAlphanumeric passwords with enforced numbers – more “Security Theatre”
Reading through TechCrunch’s Depressing Analysis Of RockYou Hacked Passwords:
According to a study by Imperva, [the most common password is] “123456,” followed by “12345,” “123456789″ and “Password,” in that order. “iloveyou” came in at no. 5.
I generate my passwords with APG, which generates passwords like this:
- Irikyak6
- RaypHiam6
- radsErn2
- reebrIjLi
As you can tell, these are for all intents and purposes, secure. However, some sites out there insist that the last one on the list is insecure. Why? It