![]() ![]() Who hasn’t seen the Internet Explorer password prompt at least 10,000 times in their lives? Or the similar prompts from Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Opera, etc. Remembering unique passwords for every site is impossible, using the same one is a no-no, writing them down and keeping them in your desk drawer isn’t practical or secure. ![]() ![]() We’re relying on people with bigger and better security resources (Disqus, Open ID, Twitter or Facebook) to secure your presence on our site.īut what about every other site (or even the four mentioned above) … where you have to register a username, create a password, and keep it safe and secure. ![]() On the back end it allows us to focus on delivering content and less on keeping a database of user information secured. (First using JS-Kit/Echo and now Disqus) For you it has the benefit of not having to remember yet another password or create another account just to comment here. Since the launch of this site, we’ve relied on third parties to act as the gatekeepers for user interaction. Gawker used an easily crackable cipher system (DES) which was depreciated by a new industry standard (AES) long ago. Gawker fouled up in a huge way (beyond simply exposing user data) by not taking proper steps to secure the information in their database once it was exposed. So you’re left to memorize them all, hope you don’t forget, and hope that you can later rely on the splendid password reset via email later on.Īll of the Gawker fun also taught (or should have taught) website administrators like myself to take better care of their users. When you’re as active on the Internet as I am, it’s impossible to resist the urge to duplicate passwords, especially if you’re against writing them down. If the recent Gawker password breach (re)taught us anything, it’s the old and valued lesson of “don’t use the same password everywhere” - but as often as I repeat that phrase and cringe a little bit when I find out someone else did it, I’ve been just as guilty of this cardinal sin of network security myself… from time to time. ![]()
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