[ndimopoulos]

I am not surprised the least about this article.

There are ample examples on the Internet on how hackers manage to exploit one vulnerability, obtain a password, and then cause all sorts of damage since people tend to use the same password almost everywhere.

Getting someone's information and exploiting it has become so easy with social networking, it is frightening. This article http://l.niden.net/identitytheft demonstrates how someone can use your social circle to steal your identity. It is definitely not a far fetched story - it is reality and most people seem to ignore it.

Let us not forget the debacle of Rock You (http://l.niden.net/rockyou-cleartextpasswords) where they were storing passwords in clear text. Once the hacker got in, he had everyone's password for that service and for many others I'm sure.

I would be very interested to see what is the percentage of Facebook users that use passwords like: 'password', '123456', 'letmein' etc. I know my brother in law was one of them....

I wonder if any people from that 75% have heard of services like LastPass? (http://lastpass.com).