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Poor password protection

rslade — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:48:43 GMT

There is a certain politician who uses Twitter a lot. A Dutch security researcher has determined his password. Extraordinarily easily. It's "maga2020," and two-factor authentication is not enabled.

(Simple testing seems to indicate that this information is correct, and that a lot of people have tried it ...)

CraginS — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:48:00 GMT

@rslade wrote:
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(Simple testing seems to indicate that this information is correct, and that a lot of people have tried it ...)

rslade — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:49:29 GMT

OK, that made me laugh right out loud 🙂

rslade — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 19:20:27 GMT

(Oh, somebody just reminded me: this is the same politician who says that nobody ever gets hacked ...)

(Unless someone knows at least 15% of the password ...)

ericgeater — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 18:07:24 GMT

What's the over / under that he uses his face to unlock his phone? Signs point to YES.

rslade — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 00:18:15 GMT