What’s wrong with your pa$$w0rd?

Lorrie Faith Cranor studied thousands of real passwords to figure out the surprising, very common mistakes that users — and secured sites — make to compromise security. And how, you may ask, did she study thousands of real passwords without compromising the security of any users? That’s a story in itself. It’s secret data worth knowing, especially if your password is 123456 …

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxCMU, an independent event. TED editors featured it among our selections on the home page.

Security Blanket: http://lorrie.cranor.org/blog/2013/08/12/security-blanket/

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