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September 15, 2010 4:00 AM PDT
How secure is your e-mail password?
by Elinor Mills
Call me your e-mail security guinea pig.
The other day I was talking to Hugh Thompson, adjunct professor of software security at Columbia University and founder of consultancy People Security, about his research related to online privacy and he mentioned how easy it can be to hijack someone's e-mail account. So, I challenged him to try to steal mine.
Over the course of an hour, I watched as he mined the Internet for information about me that could be used to reset passwords on Web-based e-mail services, plucking tidbits from a variety of search and other sites to create quite a surprising dossier. I decided to share the experience (with a few omissions) in the hopes that other people will test how easily they could be stalked online so they can better protect their e-mail and other Web accounts.
More:
http://news.cnet.com...016442-245.html
How secure is your e-mail password?
by Elinor Mills
Call me your e-mail security guinea pig.
The other day I was talking to Hugh Thompson, adjunct professor of software security at Columbia University and founder of consultancy People Security, about his research related to online privacy and he mentioned how easy it can be to hijack someone's e-mail account. So, I challenged him to try to steal mine.
Over the course of an hour, I watched as he mined the Internet for information about me that could be used to reset passwords on Web-based e-mail services, plucking tidbits from a variety of search and other sites to create quite a surprising dossier. I decided to share the experience (with a few omissions) in the hopes that other people will test how easily they could be stalked online so they can better protect their e-mail and other Web accounts.
More:
http://news.cnet.com...016442-245.html
