Dating sites continue to allow simple passwords, endangering users' private data

  • 10 September 2015
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By Nabil Ansari
 
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It has been slightly over 3 months since the extra-marital affair website Ashely Madison was hacked and the details of millions of users were released to the world.
But the surprising thing is that other dating websites haven’t learned the lesson from this attack.
 In fact, in a recent study by Dashlane, it was found that there are websites that offer one letter passwords, which is basically an invitation for hackers to attack their accounts and steal user’s information.
The research consisted of examining 24 of the most popular dating websites around the world. Surprisingly, only seven of them passed the security screening.
 
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Well, you know that they say, "if you look for trouble, eventually you will find it".  IMHO, best not to visit those sites to begin with.
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