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Reference: ASHLEE VANCE (2010,January 20) If Your Password Is 123456, Just Make It HackMe New York Times. Retrieved Jan 27, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/technology/21password.html
Summary:


This article is talking about how a hacker stole the password and why people set their password too easily. Many people prefer to set an easy password. And hackers could try the most common password and break accounts. Some web sites try to lock the account if too many incorrect passwords are typed but it is still not safe. And now, some web sites use mixed letters but social networking and entertainment Web sites still try to make life simpler for users. The experts suggest people remember at least two kinds of password.

Reaction:

After I read the article I remembered there is another kind of password could be safer. It is a card that has been separated into several rows and column; there are different that numbers in every coordinate. If you want to enter your account you need to type the number in different coordinates by random. And some bank use digital security as a one time password. It also can make our account safer.

The only problem is that people still want to remember fewer passwords in their brain. Sometimes it prevents them from forgetting the password and sometimes they are too lazy to remember the password; also typing a lot of letters is a waste of time when they enter the account. In the world today, people have lots of accounts; it is not pratical to make different passwords for each account.

In my own opinion, I suggest people choose a few passwords that are easy to remember. The important accounts use the complex password and the simple password for the less important account. Even though sometimes it is troubling, but it relates to the privacy security, so we couldn’t ignore it. And also it is better that web sites upgrade their firewall to protect from the attack from the hackers. They must Ensure the customer’s accounts safety.