Comments on: Google Apps Twitter Hack Raises Red Flags on Password Security http://www.basexblog.com/2009/07/16/google-apps-twitter-hack-raises-red-flags-on-password-security/ Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:06:52 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jonathan Spira http://www.basexblog.com/2009/07/16/google-apps-twitter-hack-raises-red-flags-on-password-security/comment-page-1/#comment-838 Jonathan Spira Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:23:28 +0000 http://www.basexblog.com/?p=901#comment-838 While the publication of certain Twitter documents may be protected by the First Amendment (the best discussion of this is at http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/2009/first-amendment-protects-techcrunchs-publication-some-hacked-twitter-documents), Twitter's experience nonetheless can serve as a warning for companies to implement stronger security in accessing documents, e-mail, and other corporate tools. The use of biometrics such as a fingerprint reader (which is now a fairly inexpensive feature on many laptops) is superior to trying to enforce a "strong" password policy but given that most people do not have computers with a fingerprint reader at this time, we'll probably have to make do with better passwords for the time being. While the publication of certain Twitter documents may be protected by the First Amendment (the best discussion of this is at http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/2009/first-amendment-protects-techcrunchs-publication-some-hacked-twitter-documents), Twitter’s experience nonetheless can serve as a warning for companies to implement stronger security in accessing documents, e-mail, and other corporate tools.

The use of biometrics such as a fingerprint reader (which is now a fairly inexpensive feature on many laptops) is superior to trying to enforce a “strong” password policy but given that most people do not have computers with a fingerprint reader at this time, we’ll probably have to make do with better passwords for the time being.

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