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Tweet: #PodestaEmails17: Only Russian hackers could guess passwords this sophisticated
Twitter ^ | Oct 24, 2016 | thoughtcrime @rawdawgbuffalo

Posted on 10/26/2016 2:29:31 PM PDT by Albion Wilde

Twitter user's outrage at the stupidity of the Clinton campaign's cavalier attitude towards cyber security -- check out the passwords on Hillary's and Podesta's accounts!


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clinton; hackers; hillary; podesta; wikileaks
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To: jiggyboy

not aimed at you, at podesta’s statement.


41 posted on 10/26/2016 5:13:52 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

Probably not, but that would be cool.


42 posted on 10/26/2016 5:37:42 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( Hillary Clinton is a felon. As yet unindicted, but a felon nonetheless ))))
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To: phoneman08

Let us all remember that the Russians have hacked EVERYTHING, with the sole exception of Hillary’s unsecured server.

That’s her story and she’s sticking to it.


43 posted on 10/26/2016 5:43:05 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( Hillary Clinton is a felon. As yet unindicted, but a felon nonetheless ))))
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To: Two Kids' Dad

I know. Isn’t that just ridiculous that we’re supposed to actually by that story? Sad thing is many do, and even more could care less.


44 posted on 10/26/2016 5:49:30 PM PDT by phoneman08
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45 posted on 10/26/2016 5:52:34 PM PDT by Califreak (Vote for Batman!)
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To: Two Kids' Dad
These kinds of password strategies are actually not that good as people tend to forget them. Better would have actually been "It was a dark and stormy night followed by Christmas". A massive attack comparison at Password Haystack

results:
"iWaDaSn1225" = 6.12 days
"It was a dark and stormy night followed by Christmas" = 68.76 thousand trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion centuries.

Which one is easier to remember?

Check it yourself.

46 posted on 10/26/2016 6:40:54 PM PDT by DeltaZulu (Dear Sir/Madame. Fire! Fire! Help me! 123 Carrendon Road. Looking forward to hearing from you.)
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To: Albion Wilde

No wonder they though “clock boy Muhammed” was a genius because he took apart a radio shack clock and put it in a pencil box mking it look like a bomb. I bet clock boy could have hacked Hillary’s server.


47 posted on 10/26/2016 7:22:42 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: Old Student

You may not have clicked on the site I was referring to, which offered to “check your password” to see if it is “strong”. It could simply be a harvesting site, is my point. Dumb people may try out the root password for their computer, or the password to their credit card or bank acccount, you don’t know.

FR is a destination web site, not the password to your health records or EZPass, etc. With FR, we have a degree of trust with the owner, whom many freepers have met personally.

A password harvesting site assembles dossiers on individuals and if they can hack your computer, they have a list of passwords to try out on your files. Other harvesting site offers to tell you your horoscope if you enter your birthdate or other identifying info. Don’t fall for that stuff.


48 posted on 10/26/2016 8:04:01 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (We will be one People, under one God, saluting one American flag. --Donald Trump (standing ovation)
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To: DeltaZulu

If I ever run my own website I want to hire you to do the online security.

Thanks for the comparison/contrast.


49 posted on 10/26/2016 8:16:34 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( Hillary Clinton is a felon. As yet unindicted, but a felon nonetheless ))))
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To: Two Kids' Dad

That’s a good way to do it. With the advent of requiring complex passwords, the trend is towards actual phrases vs. just a jumble of letters/numbers/characters - easier to remember and less need for folks to break the rules by copying them down. Your method is very similar in concept.


50 posted on 10/27/2016 2:36:20 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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