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Sunday, May 24, 2009

Password Reminders Open To Hacks

Ars Technica reports on a study by Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft that shows that the amount of personal information people put on line means that typical password reminder services are open to hacking. Friends, family and coworkers were able to guess the right answer to the questions in 20-25 percent of cases. Obviously the more personal information is available online, the easier it is to guess the answer.

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