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Everything need to be more simple - 1


Since lots of Chinese website leak the private user information, like phone, password and address, I have to change lots of my password. I see one of my old password in Tianya’s database. I really don’t believe that so many website store the real password, not the hash value.It is so ridiculous.

When I change the password, I realized that I have registered so many mails box, so many communication account and so many SNS website. QQ, MSN, Yahoo message, Weibo, twitter, Facebook, Google +, flicker, box.net, drop-box. Do I need so many website? And you will find it is hard to delete account, especially for Chinese website. How many user name and passwd does I need to manage them?

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password protection strategy


Basic knowledge of pass word* hack time is decided by password length.

  • Always use https for web password talk otherwise you are showing your password for hacker

Consequence of pass word leakage.* money lost.

  • privacy leakage: include email, phone, address, ID number, your true name.
  • cheating your friends in your communication SW like QQ/MSN/twitter

What password protection could not do:* If big brother like government want to get your information, they even don’t need password, especially in China.

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民主与极权的选择


无论是阿拉伯之春,Russia发生的protest,还是Economist上的Kazakhstan的强权总统。都让我们思考这样一个问题:

  • 我们为什么能忍受极权?

从历史发展的角度来看,大多数国家在1900年前都选择的是极权统治方式,而不是民主。但在2011年的今天,越来越多的国家和人民选择走上街头,反抗独裁统治者。这是否和生产方式以及人民的收入水平有关?

也许随着经济的不断发展,每个人被迫和不自觉地卷进卷所谓的"现代化生活中"。这种生活方式的特点之一是不确定性。所以安全感的缺失让人更有动力去追求民主

但这涉及到另外一个问题,民主和极权体制的本质是什么?

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