Think you have a strong Twitter password? 3 reasons it's not enough

When a high-profile Twitter account gets hacked, people take notice. When a whole bunch of them get hacked in the span of a few days, and one of the users is known to have used "dadada" as his password, it prompts widespread calls for better password practices.

Certainly, using a strong password — for any service — is a good recommendation. Using two-factor authorization is even better. But there are problems with focusing on those obvious tips: They don't address some of the biggest holes in account security. And with Twitter specifically, two-factor authentication is a very imperfect solution to the problem of unauthorized access. Read more...