password
a secret word or expression used by authorized persons to prove their right to access, information, etc.
a word or other string of characters, sometimes kept secret or confidential, that must be supplied by a user in order to gain full or partial access to a computer, computer system, or electronic device.
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It’s grower Champagne, a term that is in itself a hack, a cheat code, a secret password through the hidden door that leads directly to the good stuff.
Also, it fixes an issue where the System Preferences panel would not unlock after a user enters their password in some cases, as well as a bug that sometimes prevented changes made to Apple ProRAW images from saving.
Apple rolls out macOS Big Sur 11.2 with bug fixes and Bluetooth tweaks | Samuel Axon | February 1, 2021 | Ars TechnicaOnce installed, Chrome users on Windows will be able to access any passwords they saved or allowed iCloud Keychain to securely generate for them within Safari for macOS or iOS.
Apple launches an iCloud Passwords extension for Chrome users on Windows | Sarah Perez | February 1, 2021 | TechCrunchPick your user account, enter your password, choose Reinstall macOS, and work through the screens as they come up.
How to reset your devices without losing everything | David Nield | January 28, 2021 | Popular-ScienceToday comes some news from one of the bigger companies working in the area of password security, which points out how business is shifting for the companies providing these tools.
Dashlane taps JD Sherman, ex-Hubspot COO, as new CEO, as co-founder Emmanuel Schalit steps aside | Ingrid Lunden | January 22, 2021 | TechCrunch
When you are safely out, you give your password to the smuggler who calls it in to the broker to release the funds.
Inside the Smuggling Networks Flooding Europe with Refugees | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWardsWiki (as it became known) allowed anyone to edit and contribute, without even needing a password.
Balic claimed that he was allowed to try over 20,000 password combinations on a given account.
‘The Fappening 3’: More Celeb Nudes of Cara Delevingne and Others Leak Online | Marlow Stern | September 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMost security experts believe individual accounts were hacked, by exploiting password resets, rather than the Apple cloud itself.
Downton Star Jessica Brown Findlay Is Latest Sex Tape Hacking Victim | Tom Sykes | September 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen you get to the website—which is not yet ready to be seen by the public—you are asked for your email and password.
The chaplain comes and in a few phrases gives us the password, the sign which admits us to the peaceful Masonry of Christianity.
Private Peat | Harold R. PeatThen he suddenly demands the password from Edgar, and Edgar immediately answers him with the words "Sweet marjoram."
Tolstoy on Shakespeare | Leo TolstoyUnless he gives the password quickly I shall take no chance but run up this tree.
Billy Whiskers' Adventures | Frances Trego MontgomeryBut the password was given, and by the sounds it seemed to Scarlett that two armed men had begun to ascend the stairs.
Crown and Sceptre | George Manville FennOutside there waited a carriage, and Cleek, muttering a well-remembered password, bade the driver take them to Charing Cross.
The Riddle of the Mysterious Light | Mary E. Hanshew
British Dictionary definitions for password
/ (ˈpɑːsˌwɜːd) /
a secret word, phrase, etc, that ensures admission or acceptance by proving identity, membership, etc
an action, quality, etc, that gains admission or acceptance
a sequence of characters used to gain access to a computer system
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