Monday, May 31, 2010

Changing passwords too often?

Please do not change your password
By Mark Pothier
April 11, 2010

"You were right: It’s a waste of your time. A study says much computer security advice is not worth following..."

"...Now, a study has concluded what lots of us have long suspected: Many of these irritating security measures are a waste of time. The study, by a top researcher at Microsoft, found that instructions intended to spare us from costly computer attacks often exact a much steeper price in the form of user effort and time expended..."

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