Leaked Passwords On Display At a German Museum

slashdot ^ | Saturday December 14, 2013 @12:25PM | Posted by timothy

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Daniel_Stuckey writes "Earlier this year, it was London. Most recently, it was a university in Germany. Wherever it is, [artist Aram] Bartholl is opening up his eight white, plainly printed binders full of the 4.7 million user passwords that were pilfered from the social network and made public by a hacker last year. He brings the books to his exhibits, called 'Forgot Your Password,' where you're free to see if he's got your data—and whether anyone else who wanders through is entirely capable of logging onto your account and making Connections with unsavory people. In fact, Bartholl insists: "These eight volumes contain 4.7 million LinkedIn clear text user passwords printed in alphabetical order," the description of his project reads. "Visitors are invited to look up their own password.""

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When I was perusing the original site, it happened to be rather graphics intensive, and since I happen to be on an older computer I did a search and found an easier reference on Slashdot to it. So, I posted the slashdot article and those of you that can take the bandwidth hit can follow the links there and find out more about the story.

Or passwords, perhaps.