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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hello all</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>speaking of passwords, this may be of
interest</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><A
href="https://www.ted.com/talks/lorrie_faith_cranor_what_s_wrong_with_your_pa_w0rd">https://www.ted.com/talks/lorrie_faith_cranor_what_s_wrong_with_your_pa_w0rd</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Regards</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Robert T-A</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mark@vceit.com href="mailto:mark@vceit.com">Mark</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=itapps@edulists.com.au
href="mailto:itapps@edulists.com.au">Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 12, 2014 3:52
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Year 12 IT Apps] ITA U4O2 -
Your strong password is worth nothing if it's stored as plain text...</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><A
href="http://www.wired.com/2014/08/passwords_microsoft/">http://www.wired.com/2014/08/passwords_microsoft/</A>
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<DIV>"When the computer security company Hold Security reported that more than
1.2 billion online credentials had been swiped by Russian hackers, many people
were worried—and justifiably so. Hold isn’t saying exactly which websites were
hit, but with so many credentials stolen, it’s likely that hundreds of
millions of ordinary consumers were affected.
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<DIV>Some of these may be incredibly complex passwords—with lots of jumbled
numbers and symbols. And some may be incredibly simple—using just the simplest
of English words, like, say, “password.” But after the hack, most all of them
have left their users vulnerable to attack. According to Alex Holden, Hold
Security’s founder, the “vast majority” of the passwords he uncovered had been
stored in plain text on company servers."</DIV>
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<DIV>Mark Kelly</DIV>
<DIV>mark AT vceit DOT com</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://vceit.com" target=_blank>http://vceit.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV><I>The two most important things to remember in order to become powerful
are:</I></DIV>
<DIV><I>1. Never tell your competitors everything you know.</I></DIV></DIV>
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