Internet security and passwords: Kill or cure (The Economist)

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PASSWORDS are a pain. People forget them. Hackers pinch them—this year Twitter lost 250,000 and Evernote, an online notebook service had to reset 50m after a breach. Many companies have been found to store passwords without "salting" them (adding extra data to flummox hackers) or even encrypting them at all.

Full article at: Internet security: Kill or cure | The Economist

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