It's World Password Day: Change Your Passwords 116
An anonymous reader writes "Today is World Password Day — a day dedicated to promoting the use of strong passwords and the creation of good habits. However insecure this method of authentication is, it's not going away anytime soon, and people should be educated on how to make the best of it. To that end, last year Intel started an action-oriented campaign to raise user awareness regarding password problems, and this year their initiative has a new digital home. Passwordday.org provides the Password Blaster (a videogame that teaches good passwords using real leaked passwords), the Password Strength Meter, links to McAfee's Heartbleed Test tool, offers animated educational GIFs and tips and tricks for upgrading your passwords."
Re:OK, but not sure 123456 is any better than 1234 (Score:4, Interesting)
My bank assigned me the random PIN of "1234" for my debit card. One of my student loan websites (Citibank) ignored anything past the 8th character of your password anyway. One of my old credit unions had a six character password limit, alphanumeric only. Financial institutions are a little behind the times.