PUBLIC MARKS from ghis with tag hacking

The hacker manifesto written in 1986.

Why to stop calling everything a hack.

Security companies and IT people constantly tells us that we should use complex and difficult passwords. This is bad advice, because you can actually make usable, easy to remember and highly secure passwords. In fact, usable passwords are often far better than complex ones. So let's dive into the world of passwords, and look at what makes a password secure in practical terms.