Microsoft advises using weak passwords


Passwords are problematic and one of the most complex problems of security in the digital world, and while that all security professionals recommend choosing strong passwords to prevent piracy and hacking, Microsoft does not deny that weak passwords have a place as well. 

According to a new study by a group of researchers from Microsoft as part of Microsoft Research indicated that strong passwords are required primarily to secure user accounts, but at the same time, the weak passwords can also be used in some locations 

And has pointed out the researchers at Microsoft Dinei Florêncio and Cormac Herley in their study that should be choose different levels in the management of passwords for a number of sites and accounts according to their importance, for example, for user accounts on social networking sites or bank accounts and private e-mail and those that contain private information, it is necessary to choose strong passwords consisting of large and small letters and numbers and special characters, as for user accounts on sites that do not carry any importance users can choose weak passwords and unusual. 

On the other hand it showed the researchers in this study their grave of some platforms manage passwords modeled on 1Password and LastPass where the risk of storing all user passwords in these platforms and despite levels Alchwr high may pose a great danger, especially in the case of breaching a hackers enablers for this accounts.