A data security company released a list of the 20 most common passwords.
Of course, these are also the top 20 passwords to avoid, too.
Click through for the list.
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I wrote the other day about social media backup with a new service called Backupify.
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These days many people prefer to have their applications in the cloud, instead of hosting them by themselves.
For example, people who use Gmail prefer accessing e-mail through a web browser instead of downloading their e-mail and viewing it with an e-mail program.
But what happens if Google loses your e-mail? The answer, for some, might be Backupify, a new cloud backup service.
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It seems that, anymore, Visa is increasingly encouraging credit cardholders to use their “Verified by Visa” program, in which you’re supposed to enter a secret code to confirm that it’s really you using a credit card number.
The problem is, it’s insecure.
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