Unfortunately for Weiner, the tweet in question proved to be his own, but the incident still set off a renewed vigilance around password security within the halls of Congress.

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After the five seconds it takes to download Waddle and set up a username and password, you can use the app to share a photo and message to a group of your choosing.

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Especially if the folks who set the camera up neglect to put a password on it.

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The password is what you set it to on your SoftPhone account.

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Your login is "pi" and the password will be what you set it to earlier.

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Back at the main menu, the next step is to set a user password.

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When 25-year-old Brandon Hendelman helped his mom set up her Facebook profile last year, he kept the password.

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While we're on the topic of settings, you can set a maximum and minimum temperature, along with a four-digit password -- you know, so that the kiddies don't have too much fun using that click wheel to crank up the heat.

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In the near term, this can mean helping consumers better understand password manager software, which gives users the power to set arbitrarily complex passwords that are website-specific, without forcing users to memorize them all.

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The file did not contain passwords or other information that could be used to re-set a password or confirm an identity, it said.

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