Timeline for Why must I have a "strong" password for sites like this?
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| Dec 17, 2014 at 11:16 | comment | added | user61441 | @Andrew Hoffman Your Image - Hat combination is awesome xD | |
| Dec 3, 2014 at 14:19 | comment | added | Andrew Hoffman | @MartinArgerami I don't mean to imply that, I am not familiar with their environment. | |
| Dec 3, 2014 at 4:09 | comment | added | Martin Argerami | You seem to imply that Apple's security is good. Please read this: wired.com/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/all | |
| Dec 2, 2014 at 23:39 | comment | added | emory | I am not persuaded that it was weak passwords. The release also talked about "security questions." Security questions are defacto secondary passwords and for most celebrities the answers can easily be found. | |
| Dec 2, 2014 at 21:08 | comment | added | Andrew Hoffman | Thanks @DigitalChris, sorry I assumed this was widely known already. They are very PR savvy and aren't as brash as I am to blame weak passwords, but the last paragraph nudges users to use strong passwords in order to prevent this kind of attack. | |
| Dec 2, 2014 at 21:05 | history | edited | Andrew Hoffman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 2, 2014 at 20:59 | comment | added | Digital Chris | This answer would benefit from some citations or external confirmation that password-guessing was the method of exploit. | |
| Dec 2, 2014 at 19:36 | history | answered | Andrew Hoffman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |