I came across this on Facebook today and found it quite beautiful, enthralling and moving;
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Showing posts with label Social network service. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social network service. Show all posts
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Friday, January 29, 2010
123456, password & abc123
Yup, they've caught up with your wily ways. Finally they've have been able to work out just what your password is, well, what the average password is anyway:
Most people aren't so 'cautious' and use some very obvious passwords. Here are the top 20 in order of popularity:
kthanxbai!
Personally I use an amalgam of my age, the year, my phone number, my sister's name (she has 5) and the postcode for my last abode.Amichai Shulman is the chief technology officer at Imperva, which makes software for thwarting hackers. Recently, he undertook a study of 32 million passwords stolen by an unknown hacker from Rockyou!, an online service that makes widgets for social networking sites like Facebook.
The list is depressing testimony to our collective lack of creativity in the arena of personal security.
“I guess it’s just a flaw in human genetics,” Shulman told the New York Times.
Most people aren't so 'cautious' and use some very obvious passwords. Here are the top 20 in order of popularity:
1. 123456
2. 12345
3. 123456789
4. password
5. iloveyou
6. princess
7. rockyou
8. 1234567
9. 12345678
10. abc123
11. nicole
12. daniel
13. babygirl
14. monkey
15. jessica
16. lovely
17. michael
18. ashley
19. 654321
20. qwerty
If your password is in the above, I suggest you change it. Now!!
kthanxbai!
Friday, November 13, 2009
Facebook Alibi Saves Jailed Teenager
Over on Sky News (aka Fox in a British accent) there is a charming story about a teenager who is jailed for a crime but has a Facebook entry as his alibi;
And what kind of update did the young bastion of society send?
No, Rodney Bradford's jail breaking message on Facebook was 'where my IHop?'. The message was intended for his pregnant girlfriend who he hoped would cook him breakfast.
For that alone I would throw him back in the slammer! Too lazy to make your own breakfast, but up and about and faffing around on Facebook? 21 days your honor!!
kthanxbai!
The whole article can be found hereRodney Bradford spent 12 days in prison after being arrested on suspicion of holding up two people close to his home in Brooklyn.
Image via CrunchBase
But the 19-year-old was eventually released after an update on the social networking site placed him at his father's flat across town in Harlem.
And what kind of update did the young bastion of society send?
'Rodney Bradford is'....upset at world hunger
going out with the guys
lol-ing at Glee
No, Rodney Bradford's jail breaking message on Facebook was 'where my IHop?'. The message was intended for his pregnant girlfriend who he hoped would cook him breakfast.
For that alone I would throw him back in the slammer! Too lazy to make your own breakfast, but up and about and faffing around on Facebook? 21 days your honor!!
kthanxbai!
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