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Slack Reveals New Details on 2015 Compromise
Four years after an intrusion, Slack has discovered new details about the incident and moved to reseat many users' passwords.
Windows 10 Moves Closer to a Password-less World
No matter what the security zealots say, the password will never fully die. The latest version of Windows 10 is getting closer to the passwordless ideal.
Microsoft Will No Longer Recommend Forcing Periodic Password Changes
Users who hate having to change their Windows passwords every 60 days can rejoice: Microsoft now agrees that there is no point to forced password changes and will be removing that recommendation from its security recommendations.
Facebook Stops Asking for Email Passwords
In a bizarre series of events, Facebook decided to ask some users to provide the passwords to their email accounts when signing up for new Facebook accounts. When asked, the company agreed to stop.
Google Password Checkup Checks For Already Compromised Passwords
Google's Password Checkup Chrome extension tackles the big problem of password reuse by checking what passwords users are using against a database of compromised credentials.