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Tuesday
Jul192011

No more flimsy passwords for Hotmail Users

DateTuesday, July 19, 2011 at 1:15AM

Microsoft issued a blog today detailing how new users will be unable to create flimsy passwords for new Hotmail email accounts.  What counts as flimsy?  Check out this previous article, but in short, any of the most popular 100 passwords would count, such as, password, 12345, etc.  It's all in the name of protecting you from hacked email attempts and other web mischief.

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