Yeah I was just using the 12 as an example, but someone with say 36 chars past the 8 recovered from gawker should be a little more at ease.
I don't think I've logged into any of their sites, I use different passwords at different sites and they are generally > 20 chars, so I'm not worried. Yet, at the same time, even knowing all of that, I did a bit of a double take and had a brief "Oh shi-" moment of paranoia when I read the headline.
In fact, if I were say a young starlet that used a similar password for my private email or something as my Gawker account, I'd be really freaked!
I don't think I've logged into any of their sites, I use different passwords at different sites and they are generally > 20 chars, so I'm not worried. Yet, at the same time, even knowing all of that, I did a bit of a double take and had a brief "Oh shi-" moment of paranoia when I read the headline.
In fact, if I were say a young starlet that used a similar password for my private email or something as my Gawker account, I'd be really freaked!