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V. wrote: shouldn't passwords be encrypted even before they are sent to the server?
That's not really possible, https is there to protect the data in transit so that it's never exposed in plain text.
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..as does Twitter. SSL is for transport, and as you can read in the article; once received, it enters the system. It was logged in plaintext.
So, no, having SSL does not mean that it is "never" exposed. If you are saying it is not possible for others to get the password due to SSL, then again, Twitter shared this message (and took a hit in the value of their stocks!) because the password was visible in plain-text to the employers of Twitter.
TL;DR - yer wrong.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I said HTTPS means it isn't exposed in transit. The fact that you implied I meant HTTPS means the data can never ever be exposed no matter what you with that data after you receive it is just a straw-man argument.
TL;DR - yer a troll
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In this case enough strawman argument to warrant a password-change.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Your argument was a straw-man one because you misrepresented what *I* said, twitter is irrelevant. If you have no counter to my rebuttal against your misrepresentation of what I said then I'll take that as an admission.
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My apologies for the insinuation. Given the article and your post, I merely wanted to point out that SSL is not enough to say that you've a 'secure environment'.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Good.
At least they are open about the problem.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: If you have reused the password on other sites, change those too I have used your password to login to Twitter.
I've changed my password to your new password, but you might want to change your own password too
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Sander Rossel wrote: I have used your password to login to Twitter. My Twitter-password will never be stolen, as I never had an account there.
So, please change my password back?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: My Twitter-password will never be stolen, as I never had an account there.
exactly.
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Well, since this "mistake" has most likely been there since day one, then it is possible that either Biz Stone or Noah Glass were to blame. I am sure there was no "thorough" security code review done prior to first launch, or this "mistake" would have been caught.
-- my opinions, so I could be completely off mark here.
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That sound more like a careless mistake to me.
Bryian Tan
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Toolkit aims to make building "confidential computing" containerized apps easier. TEE off your applications
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Researchers have found eight new flaws in computer central processing units that resemble the Meltdown and Spectre bugs revealed in January, a German computing magazine reported on Thursday. That's great, because they almost fixed the old ones already
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Kent Sharkey wrote: That's great, because they almost fixed the old ones already
Perfectly summarizes how we all feel about it.
Maybe all these bugs will cause all computing to become completely untenable.
Shutdown the Internet and AI. Back to the stone tablets.
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raddevus wrote: Maybe all these bugs will cause all computing to become completely untenable.
No. The Quantum will fix all...
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Somebody took too much coffee when designing the CPUs....
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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Scientists have created time crystals out of ammonium dihydrogen phosphate, a chemical commonly found in fertilizers and fire extinguishers. That strikes me as an appropriate place for these "important" discoveries
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Time: she's a-burnin'!
#SupportHeForShe
Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson
You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun
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That's the whole premise of Star Trek: Discovery. Utter bullshit.
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Yes, that's what my grandmother always used for fertilizer. I wonder if there weere crystals that shr didn't know about?
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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You've just finished installing the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on your Windows 10 computer and feel pleased to see your favorite Linux distro icon pinned to your taskbar. You click to open a shell session and think, "OK, what can I do with it?". Because it is The Year of Linux (on Windows)
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Google is gradually rolling these changes out in a personalized way, so that Chrome learns user preferences of which sites should and should not be blocked. This won't make the cats happy
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Speaking at an AI conference, Rahimi charged that machine learning algorithms, in which computers learn through trial and error, have become a form of "alchemy." They're doing a good job of turning press releases into gold
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Whether you’re doing freelance work full-time or tackling a side project, deciding on an hourly rate is tough. CodeMentorX’s new ‘rate finder‘ tool can help you decide what to charge, even down to your location and experience level. "THIS IS YOUR GOD"
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