“The RockYou dump was a watershed moment, but it turned out to be only the start of what’s become a much larger cracking phenomenon. By putting 14 million of the most common passwords into the public domain, it allowed people attacking cryptographically protected password leaks to almost instantaneously crack the weakest passwords. That made it possible to devote more resources to cracking the stronger ones.” Dan Goodin details the many reasons you should choose your passwords even more carefully.
Tag: cryptography
NSA surveillance: a guide to staying secure
“The NSA has turned the fabric of the internet into a vast surveillance platform, but they are not magical. They’re limited by the same economic realities as the rest of us, and our best defense is to make surveillance of us as expensive as possible.” Bruce Schneier works on the assumption that the NSA is able to decrypt most of the Internet.
Still sending naked email?
“In a world of repressive governments and a growing reliance on insecure networks, there’s no way anyone can be sure their most sensitive messages aren’t intercepted by the forces of darkness. But you can make it mathematically improbable that all but the most well-funded snoops could ever make heads or tales of your communications.” Use Dan Goodin’s step-by-step guide to email encryption and keep your communications private.
Why use email encryption?
Email encryption should be used by everyone. Here’s why.
How to encrypt your email
“You too can get PGP set up in a few simple steps.” Jason Thomas shows just how easy it is to start encrypting your messages.
Thinking about email security
“The bottom line is, if your email passes through or is stored on servers controlled by others, it’s probably a good idea to consider encryption.” Joe Brockmeier considers the confidentiality of your messages.
A practical introduction to GNU Privacy Guard in Windows
“In this guide, I will show you how to use the most important GPG commands.” Brendan Kidwell introduces GnuPG for Windows users.
Echelon spy network revealed
“It sounds like science fiction, but it’s true.” Andrew Bomford first published this article in November 1999. Will matters have improved since then?