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20060822 Tuesday August 22, 2006
Unsecure Passwords Computers

Here is a scary posting about how many large sites don't protect your password when you login to their site.  i.e. they don't use (or default to) SSL for HTTP POSTs.  Using a simple network sniffer he was able to see many clear text passwords being sent over the wire.

I think this is a must read and we'll probably be hearing more about this in the future.
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