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Will You Add? - What Your Users Don't Know About Password Security Can Hurt You
I hear it in business everyday, though couched in different terms and expressions, the essence is the same, “We need to do more.” That “more” may be in the form of more sales, more profit, more growth, more stores, but the common denominator is the ever-present, ever-nagging need
The answer is a resounding NO.
Yet yesterday I posted just such passwords on a public forum, during a d
An affiliate campaign is a great form of advertising for anyone who decides to become an affiliate. And setting it up is done in the same manner that an email campaign is conducted.The subject will be the very fist and sometimes only contact readers will have with you. Mak
I post this question to you: If I post the most commonly used passwords in the user database of a large website, can you do anything with that? You don't have the usernames or emails. You don't have any unique passwords, just the 5 most common ones, which hundreds or thousands of people use. Something like:
- 12345
- 12345678
- password
- !@#$%^&*
- qwerty
Ok, now you probably know the 5 most common passwords for AOL, MSN, Wikipedia, Fark, Digg, MetaFilter and most likely Slashdot. What are you going to do with those? By posting this here, have I lessened the security of any of those services?
The answer is a resounding NO.
Yet yesterday I posted just such passwords on a public forum, during a di
Make it fun with your internet home business and you`ll always win. This is especially true, if you have chosen writing as your main weapon in running internet home business. Imagine the results, when you manage to transfer your ” fun ” to your business opportunity reader. That`s
- 12345
- 12345678
- password
- !@#$%^&*
- qwerty
Ok, now you probably know the 5 most common passwords for AOL, MSN, Wikipedia, Fark, Digg, MetaFilter and most likely Slashdot. What are you going to do with those? By posting this here, have I lessened the security of any of those services?
The answer is a resounding NO.
Yet yesterday I posted just such passwords on a public forum, during a d
Keeping the cost of doing business down, yet providing a quality product or service, is one of the most critical components of success for today’s leader. What many fail to realize is that employee turnover can represent a very substantial price tag to a company's productivity an
- 12345
- 12345678
- password
- !@#$%^&*
- qwerty
Ok, now you probably know the 5 most common passwords for AOL, MSN, Wikipedia, Fark, Digg, MetaFilter and most likely Slashdot. What are you going to do with those? By posting this here, have I lessened the security of any of those services?
The answer is a resounding NO.
Yet yesterday I posted just such passwords on a public forum, during a d
Sometimes in business we are so involved in the little things that we forget to refer back to the top of the pyramid. At the top of this pyramid is your company’s brand. This is a reminder as to how important your brand is and how properly executing it illustrates its true essenc
Ok, now you probably know the 5 most common passwords for AOL, MSN, Wikipedia, Fark, Digg, MetaFilter and most likely Slashdot. What are you going to do with those? By posting this here, have I lessened the security of any of those services?
The answer is a resounding NO.
Yet yesterday I posted just such passwords on a public forum, during a d
Business letter has a materialistic purpose but effective business letter can also strengthens the bonds between two organizations or the dealer and the customer. Business letters are used for many purposes such as to make inquiries, send replies, to place orders or bank correspo
The answer is a resounding NO.
Yet yesterday I posted just such passwords on a public forum, during a discussion on bad passwords and password security. Users, not being at all familiar with security FREAKED THE HELL OUT. I was called incompetent, foolish, amoral, unethical and more. One of the people even emailed my boss to complain about this 'breach of trust'. When it came down to proving to them that there was no security flaw created, then claimed it was unethical. When it was clear there was no ethics problem, they called it a violation of the account owners' Terms of Service. When it was clear that was not the case they claimed I broke standard 'business rules'.
I even had one foolish individual claim that their 'perceived threat' was a 'real threat'; that the bogeyman in the closet was real because the kid hiding unde
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