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Millions of Linkedin passwords leaked
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I changed my password. First I had to remember my password.
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Join Date: Aug 2001
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Heh. Me, too. Next to Facebook, probably the most worthless site I ever joined.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jul 2002
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1password.com Does all the work for you.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Originally Posted by Thorzdad
Heh. Me, too. Next to Facebook, probably the most worthless site I ever joined.
Nah, LinkedIn is much more useful for professionals. I get recruiter contact me about job opportunities just from stumbling across my profile.
FB on the other hand...
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Thanks, changed my pw too.
Networking on LinkedIn actually proves useful in finding people I want to contact.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Chicago, Bang! Bang!
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But can LinkedIn get you laid?
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Clinically Insane
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Yes, professionally
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Clinically Insane
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Location: Chicago, Bang! Bang!
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This lacks the essential "married person I went to high-school with" element.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Dec 2000
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People who put their whole life on the social media shouldn't complain and regard this publication of passwords as a service
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Feb 2008
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LinkedIn got me the job that I'm starting in August.
I've changed my password to qwerty123
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Santa Rosa, CA
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My password is 12345. The same combo I have on my luggage.
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Slick shoes?! Are you crazy?!
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Los Angeles
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How do millions of passwords get hacked from a major website? They were storing them in the clear? WTF.
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Toronto, Canada
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You really should have more secure passwords.
asdfghjkl is a good option, because it doesn't spell a word. If you want to be really secure you can add 123 to the end.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Chicago, Bang! Bang!
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Originally Posted by Big Mac
How do millions of passwords get hacked from a major website? They were storing them in the clear? WTF.
They were hashed, but no salt, so you can use rainbow tables to unencrypt them.
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Originally Posted by andi*pandi
All my passwords are just that, four random words. For years, my go to low security password was daygrandmotherexploded, (not used anywhere anymore, bitches) in reference to the opening line from an Ian Banks novel.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Originally Posted by subego
They were hashed, but no salt, so you can use rainbow tables to unencrypt them.
Pedantic: hashes are not reversible; you can only match a hash to a rainbow table, not "unencrypt."
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Originally Posted by Phileas
All my passwords are just that, four random words.
I'm using a made-up password scheme that is based on the domain name and the TLD. Adding a special character and some numbers, et voila, I have a unique password for each website, and still being able to remember all my password.
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Clinically Insane
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Location: Chicago, Bang! Bang!
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Originally Posted by mduell
Pedantic: hashes are not reversible; you can only match a hash to a rainbow table, not "unencrypt."
You are 100% correct. My bad
By way of explanation for those who need it, the hash of your password isn't necessarily unique. More than one password can resolve to the same hash. In other words, there's probably more than one password which can log you in to any given account. This isn't a security issue though because passwords which resolve to the same hash are going to be wildly different.
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Clinically Insane
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Originally Posted by andi*pandi
I'd still add just one special character.
That would mean anyone who was trying to brute force it would most likely have to get through every combination of letters and numbers before trying every combination of letters and numbers plus one special character.
P.S. I've been guilty of not doing this myself, but Randall likes you to put up a link to the original with the comic.
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Last edited by subego; Jun 8, 2012 at 02:19 PM.
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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I have a special keyboard that i connect when typing passwords. all keys have been rearranged, some keys don't even work. Oh yeah and it is wired by ps/2 and a MacAlly port.
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