Why You Should Write Down Your Passwords and Never Reuse Them

By David Hayes on April 9, 2014. Posted in Tech Tips and Tutorials and tagged cryptography, passwords, security, the cloud.

There are a few commonly-known password sins, in rough order of how I think most people think of them: Writing down your password. Telling someone else your password. Reusing a password. Of these, many people — myself included — were historically led to think that the first is the worst. Back in the old days, […]

A Simple Introduction to How Password Storage Works

By David Hayes on March 26, 2014. Posted in Tech Tips and Tutorials and tagged cryptography, passwords, PHP, security.

One of the most interesting things that I didn’t understand before I really spent much time learning about computers is how passwords work. It seems kind of stupid, but it’s an interesting and important question: how is a site validating that you’re you? The Naivest Possible Password System Well, pretty simply, you can make a […]

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