[Choosing Better Passwords]

string password

"STRONG password" of course. why is there no edit function?

[Choosing Better Passwords]

thats a funny comic, thanks for sharing.

but its point is totally wrong. you are comparing a string password you have to really brute force with a longer password you can attack with a dictionary. in practice, the second password is much more likely to get cracked.

plus, every site that lets you do 1000 guesses per second for three ongoing days probably shouldn't be trusted with anything.

[Hackers Break Ssl Encryption]

Not necessarily, but that can also be done with Trojan horses or viruses by infecting the system.

another idea (even more dangerous i think), is someone in control of network/internet infrastructure doing this. oppressive governments for example.