On Monday
Evernote reset their user’s passwords because they were owned. Evernote said
that approximately 50 million user names, e-mail addresses and encrypted
passwords were compromised (remember the passwords were still encrypted and not
clear text). This is such a common occurrence, in fact it is so common anymore
that I can’t keep up (but I will try). All I can say is hopefully people are
not storing confidential data. Oh who am I kidding I know people are storing it
they can’t help it (it is human nature to want everything at your fingertips).
This is not going to stop anytime soon. My advice is to encrypt the data before
you put it in the cloud if you want it to remain private. Your private data is
already out there and vulnerable thanks to the government, banks, and other
institutions so you might as well make it easier by just putting out there
yourself right?
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