Episode 197: Proper Password Security

September 8th, 2020  |  56 mins 21 secs

altispeed, ask questions, bitwarden, call in show, cloud, covid, encryption, getting started, google, hash, hashcat, keepassxc, linux, linux questions, mind drip media, mozilla, networking, noah chelliah, noah j. chelliah, ocl-hashcat, open source media, passwords, podcast, privacy, questions, security, talk radio, thunderbird

Most people aren't choosing password that are secure enough. Professional attackers are able to crack up to 90% of passwords chosen by most people. The tools both for breaking passwords and saving them are open source. Thunderbird begins rolling version 78 and Alphabet Inc has a new end to end web platform for tracking and dealing with COVID in the workplace.