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RE: Bill O’Reilly’s web site hacked, attackers release personal details of users
Topic: Miscellaneous 11:55 am EDT, Sep 24, 2008

The bottom line - good time to point out why you shouldn’t use the same password on different web services, and that the big picture having to do with Wikileak’s vision of a little less secrecy, and a little bit more transparency, ultimately better serves the world and gives power to the people whose collective consciousness, if not brainwashed, is supposed to be shaping the way we live.

For the record:

1. MemeStreams does not store passwords in cleartext.
2. I don't think providing a resource for hosting someone's stolen personal email or stolen password list "better serves the world and gives power to the people." I think its downright crooked and in fact I think its legally actionable. These are not "leaks." There is a grey area between the defending the people's right to know and violating someone's personal privacy, but disclosing a password list is firmly on the dark side of the spectrum.

RE: Bill O’Reilly’s web site hacked, attackers release personal details of users



 
 
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