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    CNBC shows how not to handle a security screwup

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    Violet Blue
    Violet Blue
    04.01.2016

    As articles go, Tuesday's CNBC piece trying to cobble together the Apple/FBI fight with interactive clickbait -- a little box where readers should enter their password to test its hackability -- was a stretch. Worse, the story, called "Apple and the construction of secure passwords," hinged entirely on encouraging people to do something no one should ever, ever do. Namely, enter a password anywhere except the proper login page. CNBC, it seems, was trying to teach its readers about security.