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Gawker’s Recent Compromise Of Usernames And Password Is A Lesson Learned

December 21, 2010

Gawker’s website was recently busted into by crackers.  Username and passwords of the site were released to the public at large. Needless to say, the lesson learned is pretty obvious. Here are a few common rules as follows: Create passwords that are longer than six characters. Include a mix of uppercase, lowercase, special characters (!@#$%^&*), [...]

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Facebook Is So Vain With Your Username

June 9, 2009

Facebook will offer vanity names starting at 12:01 a.m. EDT on Saturday, June 13.  A vanity name formats the URL  (web address) in a more friendly way.  It uses a convention by name versus a randum pattern of characters often seen on commericial sites.

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