One good thing to come from the Sarah Palin Yahoo Mail hack: Other free email users will be resetting their passwords with stronger ones. As a hacker tells Gawker, "Passwords should not be real words. they should include at least three digits and at least one non-alphanumeric character. Example: foo&&b@x7978." However, PCMagazine.com editor Lane Ulanoff told WCBS 2, "In this case it didn't matter how strong the password was because they didn't need to know......

After her decision to use personal e-mail accounts, instead of official Alaska state e-mail for state business (perhaps to circumvent subpoenas!), has been widely publicized, of course computer hackers would break into one of Governor Sarah Palin's Yahoo mail accounts with screenshots posted on WikiLeaks (also on Gawker). And of course the McCain-Palin campaign issued a statement, calling the matter a "shocking invasion of the governor's privacy and a violation of law." The FBI and......

Hackers and tourists unite this summer as hackers from around the world track themselves, and others, in NYC. Confused? Terrified? Read on...As part of a social experiment, attendees at a hacker conference in July will be issued badges with electronic tracking devices. Large displays will show in real-time where people go, with whom they associate, for how long and how often. The tracking technology, known as RFID, is fast becoming an unseen part of everyday......