Here’s a great blog post about passwords – particularly password strength meters – by Dan Wheeler on the Dropbox tech blog. He’s coded a password tester that he hopes is more useful than existing (and generally rather simplistic) offerings.
I won’t try to pretend that I followed the rather technical and mathematical bits in the middle of the piece but the bits I did understand I found really interesting.
You can try Dan’s password strength tester HERE. And afterwards you’ll probably find yourself considering changing one or two passwords.
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PS: After reading through the comments on Dan’s post, here are a few more password-related tools that you may or may not find useful…
Incidentally, if you fancy signing up for the most excellent Dropbox service, then perhaps you could use THIS LINK to do so and we’ll both bag an extra 500 meg of free storage. Ta.
A research group at the University of Tokyo are creating a new paradigm in Human Computer Interaction. Dubbed ‘Invoked Computing’ the idea is to turn everyday objects into computer interfaces and communication devices.
Go and watch the video. I think that the two current prototypes – while undoubtedly cool – are kind of limited and clunky, but the ideas… the thinking… INCREDIBLE. Genuinely exciting and huge potential for the future.
The Register covers the discovery of a patent awarded to Apple for the concept of storing password info in power adapters. It’s definitely an interesting idea but i can’t help but feel it’s more than a little flawed.
Most phones come with flimsy manuals with complicated language and jargon. These books, which can live on a bookshelf actually contain the phone.
Each page reveals the elements of the phone in the right order, helping the user to set up the sim card, the battery and even slide the case onto the phone.