Over the last few months I've noticed messages in my gmail saying that my account had been accessed from China. I took the given advice and changed my password, but it kept happening. The last time I used an extremely cryptic password and it appeared that I was in the clear. Three weeks later, another message appeared saying my account had been accessed from China. So maybe it took longer or maybe they just didn't get back around to hacking me for a little while, either way I no longer believe a password is going to protect my inbox.
I'm not an important person. There are less than 300 people on the planet that are even aware of my existence and even less who would remember it if you asked. The only thing even remotely noticeable about me is that my surname, also in my email address, is shared with a famous (in a bad way) world leader.
Where are we at with passwords? Has computing power gotten so cheap that they can brute force their way through any character string? What am I to do as a lowly web developer to protect the users of my own apps if the 20k engineer-strong Google can't stop multiple incursions to a random dude's gmail account?
I'm not an important person. There are less than 300 people on the planet that are even aware of my existence and even less who would remember it if you asked. The only thing even remotely noticeable about me is that my surname, also in my email address, is shared with a famous (in a bad way) world leader.
Where are we at with passwords? Has computing power gotten so cheap that they can brute force their way through any character string? What am I to do as a lowly web developer to protect the users of my own apps if the 20k engineer-strong Google can't stop multiple incursions to a random dude's gmail account?