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D'OH! Brilliantly Simple Password Compromise Scheme

Awesome. It's so obvious, and yet so brilliant. There's tons of free code out there to setup such a tool, too.

How to Harvest Passwords
Just put up a password strength meter and encourage people to submit their passwords for testing. You might want to collect names and e-mail addresses, too.

Hat tip to guru Bruce Schneier for the find.

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