On Sun, Sep 20, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Pete Jansson <pe...@clickvision.com> wrote:
> I feel like the original OP subject is hyperbole, intended to draw a > response (and, to some degree, I do not feel good about responding, but > enough others have that I think the cat's out of the bag). I don't think > Ned really advocates telling users to actually reuse passwords on sites; > instead, OP wants to tell server operators to upgrade their technology. It > would be good for Ned to acknowledge this. If Ned actually thinks that > people should go back to reusing passwords across sites without other > technology changes (as implied by the subject of the message, and by the > lack of any nearby qualification), then I think it's irresponsible and > unethical. > I think the intended point is more "people will do that anyway, no matter what we do; here's what server operators can do to mitigate it". That said, it is put rather poorly. -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates allber...@gmail.com ballb...@sinenomine.net unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad http://sinenomine.net
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