Re: xkcd on password strength

[Roger Thompson <rogert () mindspring com>]

It's password re-use, and social engineering.

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On Aug 11, 2011, at 11:42 AM, Larry Seltzer <larry () larryseltzer com> wrote:

> Do you mean that social engineering is the main threat? If so, maybe it's good that users have complicated passwords 
> they can't remember, lest they give them up to the wrong people.
>
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com> wrote:
> Also true that brute force attacks, or dictionary attacks, aren't the main
> threat.
>
> On Wed, 10 Aug 2011, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote:
>
> > http://xkcd.com/936/
> >
> > Too true.  Also too bad that so many sites limit you to 14-16 characters ...
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