How to pick a password that's secure and easy to remember
Password cracking: It's just a matter of time. Here's how to fight back. By Chris Gaylord , / Staff writer / April 26, 2010 The man accused of one of the juicier hacking cases of the past few years is no Internet mastermind. On June 24, a French citizen who goes by the pseudonym "Hacker Croll" will face charges that he broke into Facebook pages, e-mail accounts, and the Twitter feeds of then-Sen. Barack Obama, singer Britney Spears, and other celebrities. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge How did he break in? Police say that he's just a good guesser. By cruising through blogs and social-networking pages posted online by his victims, he allegedly dug up enough information to guess people's passwords and security questions. This trick is pretty easy to pull off. Try combinations of family names, graduation dates, birthdays, favorite bands or sports teams – all information that many of us share willingly online. This isn't a call to scrub down your Face boo...