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Reveal Passwords Bookmarklet – What Could Go Wrong?
Posted by Matt Johansen in fundamentals, Password on February 2, 2011
Lifehacker posted an article this AM about a Bookmarklet that would reveal passwords on your screen that are normally bulleted out.
It is advertised as a way to help remember passwords that are saved in some sort of autofill application such as LastPass or just in your browser. Sounds terrific so you don’t forget them by heart.
I liken this to the fact that 10 years ago I had to dial everybody’s phone number on my home phone manually, and now I just pull up their contact in my cell and hit send. The funny thing is those friends and family I still call from the pre-cell phone era are the only people’s numbers I know by heart.
But even though this bookmarklet sounds like a good idea in theory, I have a problem with it. How many times have you been typing your login information in and started typing your password accidentally in the username field? For me it has happened a decent number of times and a handful of those were while people were behind me watching, which of course was followed by me changing my password. So now you are telling me there is a javascript bookmarklet being advertised to do such a thing *on purpose*?
What could go wrong here?
Secure Password Win [Random]
Posted by Matt Johansen in Password, Random on February 2, 2010
Usually can’t stand random chain emails from family/friends but every once in a while there is a good one. Thought I’d share this laugh:
During a recent password audit at the Bank of Ireland it was found that Paddy O’Toole was using the following password: MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofyDublin
When Paddy was asked why he had such a long password: he replied ”Bejazus! are yez f*ckin’ stupid? The bank told me password had to be at least 8 characters long and include one capital”
Don’t ever think you can outwit the Irish!
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