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		ragmondo on June 6, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 6.5 Million LinkedIn Password Hashes Leaked I wrote a short article about this kind of stuff - if it's really my data, then let me use my lock on it : http://ragmondocom.appspot.com/2012/03/My-Stuff-My-Lock Then I get to choose what strength lock I put on it.

cheald on June 6, 2012 [–]

First rule of software design: users are lazy. Second rule of software design: users are stupid.

"Use your own lock" is fine for us Übergeeks, but for the vast majority of the populace, they just want the provider to put a system in place so they don't have to worry about it.

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