Security

A little while back, I posted an entry on password security, and how many folks rely on passwords that were used for multiple applications, ie. same password for email, online banking and wireless network, and were too weak in that they were easily brute-forced (short passwords like "1234") or easily guessed based upon readily available personal information, ie. wife's birthday or your pet's name.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/19/the-anatomy-of-the-twitter-attack/

This is a chilling article about how easily carelessness can expose companies that think they are secure. After reading this article, I went into my own Gmail account and did a search for some of my commonly used passwords. Are you keeping old emails with passwords that are still in use, thinking that no one will ever see these emails?