Win 8 password security review

[SKA]

http://securitynirvana.blogspot.no/2012/08/windows-8-password-security.html

Windows 8 stores logon passwords in plain-text:
http://www.passcape.com/index.php?section=blog&cmd=details&id=27

Dan Goodin (at arstechnica) has this story, based on input from passcape, Adam Caudill, Brandon Wilson and Per  Thorsheim(author of first article above):
http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/10/experts-windows-8-features-make-account-passwords-easier-to-steal/

Ska

[wraith808]

Thanks!  A lot of good and enlightening information in that article.

[mouser]

Interesting read, thanks for sharing.

[f0dder]

Insanity.

This is the kind of thing that sortakinda makes sense for a tablet or smartphone OS, but for the desktop? *sigh*. Oh sure, you can create a "local-only" account in Win8, but how long until Microsoft removes this feature? Win9? Win10?

[cyberdiva]

Thanks so much, SKA, for posting this link.  If I ever needed another reason not to move to Windows 8, this is it.