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A password in technology terms is usually a set of characters that are used to gain entrance to a service, device or software. Passwords are largely used to protect user accounts either in an operating system or on the Internet.

Most Internet sites that with restricted areas require the user to enter a username and password to access the contents. Having to enter a username and password ensures that specific contents can be served to the user. A Facebook login will for instance display the users activities, friends and all the other information of that account.

Passwords are also used to retrieve emails, access administrative contents on websites or in programs, allow access to paid services on the Internet or to encrypt and protect data.

Researchers are constantly trying to find alternatives to character based passwords. This includes biometric authentication methods, graphical passwords or public key cryptography.

You'll find bloggers talking about password related topics at sites like Boing Boing
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  • How to Create a Secure Password


    Two Sexy Geeks — Authority Authority: 128
    Creating a good strong password for all of your online accounts is a very important matter. If you password is not to simple or easy to guess then it is only a matter of time before someone manages to guess or hack your password and then gain access to all of your online accounts which is a very real and serious ...
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  • The World’s First Computer Password? It Was Useless Too


    dralnuX — Authority Authority: 114
    If you’re like most people, you’re annoyed by passwords. You’ve got dozens to remember — some of them tortuously complex — and on any given day, as you read e-mails, send tweets, and order groceries online, you’re bound to forget one, or at least mistype it. You may even be one of those unfortunate people ...
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  • How to Reset Your Apple ID Password


    Take Five a Day — Authority Authority: 122
    In today’s time, it’s a good idea to reset your password to something besides ‘password123.’ It’s pretty easy to hijack all your other sign ins especially if you use the same passwords. So, if you need to or want to reset your password – go here. BTW, your AppleID covers a lot of ground.   [...]
    2 days ago

  • SSH login without Password


    Not the famous actor — Authority Authority: 89
    There have been a number of times I’ve found myself needing to SSH from server to server and would prefer not to use a password. After running two simple commands you can SSH to a server without requring your username or password. The basic principal is to generate a public/private key pair which is associated with ...
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  • Change Your Password Day is February 1


    CY.TALK: Privacy blog — Authority Authority: 109
    If you are like me—and of course you are, right? we are all gingers inside—you probably have password security that ranges from awful-like-Batman-Forever to thoroughly mediocre. Also if you are like me, you might’ve bought shoes from Zappos once—Keen Coronados in India In/Black Olive, to be precise—and been ...
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  • Protected: Test Page for Andrew


    Strangely Perfect — Authority Authority: 94
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  • Nickelback presale password for concert in Orlando, FL


    Ticketmaster Presale Passwords by WiseGuy — Authority Authority: 144
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  • Windows 8: Summary of the New Features


    Dowawado About Microsoft — Authority Authority: 112
    Since August 15 2011, Microsoft has been regularly publishing information about Windows 8 on the Building Windows 8 blog . Here’s a summary of all the features that have been introduced since then: USB 3.0 : that means transfers at 5 Gbps (instead of 480 Mbps for USB 2.0). Remark: 5 Gbps stands for 5 Giga bits ...
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  • Nod32 antivirus 4 username and password 25/01/2012


    ESET NOD32 ANTIVIRUS — Authority Authority: 103
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  • Eric Church – The Blood, Sweat & Beers Tour presale password for concert in New York, NY


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  • DreamHost warns customers of possible password breach


    Naked Security - Sophos — Authority Authority: 660
    A database server at DreamHost is illegally accessed by a hacker, and the passwords of some customers may have been compromised.
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  • Protect your media files with a Password and Convert them as a self playable


    Digg your windows — Authority Authority: 95
    In this post I will show how to Password protect your mediafiles including audio and video files. Not only password protecting but also weare creating self playing files. i.e. after we creating the password protectedfile we don’t need any other software to play the file, when we open the fileit will play itself. ...
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  • Facebook: Password Hack – free download & tutorial. New cheat engine – 2012


    How To Hack or Cheat Games & Software — Authority Authority: 137
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  • Facebook: Password Hack – free download & tutorial. New cheat engine – 2012


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  • DreamHost hacked, time to reset the password


    GeekTech — Authority Authority: 494
                Popular web hosting provider and domain name registrar, DreamHost got hacked. As per the blog post , the company has detected a security breach in one of their database servers. The company has taken rapid action to protect customer accounts and passwords. It was announced that all shell/FTP ...
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  • 22 January 2012 Update Everyday – Serial Number Username & Password Terbaru ESS dan EAV NOD32 V.4 & V.5


    Free MP3 Download — Authority Authority: 120
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  • DreamHost Hacked: WordPress Tells Users to Change Passwords


    groovyPost.com Community — Authority Authority: 514
    DreamHost, the popular Web hosting provider, was hacked yesterday. Users online loudly complained they were last to know — and that the company had hours to better prepare them for a forced password change.
    1 week ago

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