Fix your terrible, insecure passwords in five minutes. - By Farhad Manjoo - Slate Magazine

Fix your terrible, insecure passwords in five minutes. - By Farhad Manjoo - Slate Magazine: "Gawker Media's servers were hacked last weekend, potentially compromising the usernames and passwords of more than one million users. (You can use Slate's widget to check if your account was hacked.) Gawker has encouraged all of its users to change their passwords. Check out the piece below, originally published last year, for tips on how to create good passwords."