“For example, if your Facebook password is operati@nGeronimo!, you can convert the uppercase characters to lowercase (and vice-versa) and the toggled password string – OPERATI@NgERONIMO! – will also get you into Facebook.”
I understand why they did it, but that makes a hackers job easier. If you want to know if you password is secure, try this site that tells you roughly how it would take a hacker to crack your password. Or better yet, use LastPass and create unique passwords for every site and you will only have to remember one password ever again.
Mike has been a long-time geek. He started with using an Apple ][e. Later, he used to have to reinstall Windows many, many times on his dad’s computer in order to fix something he messed up. He has been programming in RPG on the IBM i since 2000 and has delved some into other languages including Java, ASP.NET, and PHP....
