Leaked Passwords On Display At a German Museum 42
Daniel_Stuckey writes "Earlier this year, it was London. Most recently, it was a university in Germany. Wherever it is, [artist Aram] Bartholl is opening up his eight white, plainly printed binders full of the 4.7 million user passwords that were pilfered from the social network and made public by a hacker last year. He brings the books to his exhibits, called 'Forgot Your Password,' where you're free to see if he's got your data—and whether anyone else who wanders through is entirely capable of logging onto your account and making Connections with unsavory people. In fact, Bartholl insists: "These eight volumes contain 4.7 million LinkedIn clear text user passwords printed in alphabetical order," the description of his project reads. "Visitors are invited to look up their own password.""
meanwhile (Score:5, Funny)
I'd set up some cams to see what the visitors point at (getting the password or a narrow alphabetical space to bruteforce), and try to sniff their smartphone (fake open AP) so i get what the user could be. That will teach those suckers to look up their pass in public
Re:Worse are sites with password constraints (Score:5, Funny)
Oh, and we don't support ASCII so good luck with those bullets
An EBCDIC website?
They'll find mine in the list (Score:3, Funny)
Re:They'll find mine in the list (Score:5, Funny)
hunter2
I fucking hate... (Score:4, Funny)
...conceptual art.